Beverages
Gallon Milk Jug
1 gallon HDPE jug
60
g
Total plastic weight
Natural HDPE is one of the more recyclable household plastics, but volume is enormous, the average family discards ~50 jugs per year.
34%
Recycle probability
500
Years to decompose
Material breakdown
2 components- HDPE jug56g
- HDPE cap + ring4g
Production footprint
Per unit180L
Water to produce
0.73kWh
Electricity to produce
Estimated upstream manufacturing footprint per unit, based on resin LCA averages.
Lower-impact alternatives
- Fiber-based bag-in-boxCorrugated outer with thin LDPE liner, 80% plastic reduction.12gplastic
- Returnable glass bottlePlastic-free container designed for localized circular reuse systems.0gplastic
- Lightweighted HDPE thin-wall jugOptimized structural ribbing reduces virgin plastic resin usage.54gplastic
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