Yes - I was looking for something large enough for 1-2 bags of huel and all the coffee containers were too small and I am suspicious of efficacy of the gas barriers (or their effect on the huel).
Here is some interesting reading I found, although these are looking a actually compressing (you get 50%-100% more product by volume) rather than just packing tightly, they do discuss how you make it easier to do so:
A 1948 US Department of Agriculture study “Experimental Compression of Dehydrated Foods”, which includes a section on cereal and soya flours (I’ve linked to that section): https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QhsuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false
A short quote from the 1800s of a story of someone experimenting with compressed flour and finding it actually aided longevity: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CF18790508.2.36&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1
From the above: “The compressed flour was declared iv both instances to be the better of the two. The loose flour that had been sealed up for a year showed signs of mould, while the compressed flour was perfectly sweet.”
I saw this post on Huel’s subreddit earlier today. It’s about how Soylent has buckets. They can be easily reused or recycled. Maybe buckets could be a good idea for selling Huel in bulk?
For sure, however when we look at our environmental impact there are some other massive wins that we need to focus on. Like increasing the amount of recycled plastic in our RTD bottles, and more. Delivering on these will have a greater, more positive, environmental impact than sqround bottles.
@Tim_Huel are there any plans to change the RTD bottle cap colour? My local council like many in the UK state we should not be putting any black plastic in the recycling bin. This is because recycling facilities sort plastics by bouncing a beam of light off them and since black plastic absorbs light, it can’t be sorted and goes straight through the system and off to landfill or incineration.
I’ve seen in supermarkets how more and more bottles are ditching the black cap in favour of white or another colour and being honest I have stopped buying some products if I can’t recycle their packaging.
Each council has their own list of what you can and cannot put in their bin so it’s worth finding the list for your council and checking. I’m not sure where the policy of no lids has come from. Aslong as the plastic is recyclable whether it’s a lid or a bottle it doesn’t make a difference.
People may say it’s because lids often get dirty but if you rinse them clean before putting them in I don’t see an issue.
Maybe @Phil_C could expand on anything specific about lids or tops.
Just to add some cartons even say on them now to recycle with the cap on.
This comes from somewhat older issues the recycling industry had and were not able to effectively recycle bottles with caps still on. Recycling collection and processing technology has vastly improved over the years, so now it is fine to recycle them and the best way is to replace the cap on the empty clean bottle.
Caps are typically made from high-density polyethylene or polypropylene, both of which are in high demand for recycling. The only parts of caps you should not recycle are the ‘spongy’ pads you sometimes get under the cap instead of a foil – these are a type of polystyrene and cannot be recycled.
Black plastic recycling is a major challenge due to the infrared sensors used in sorting. Some facilities have the ability to sort black plastic – most don’t. You should check with your local council to find out if they have that option – or at least separate collection services.
If you recycle your Huel bottle with the cap in place – this negates the black plastic issue as it will be captured when the white bottle is scanned. Problematic black packaging are things like the trays used in fresh meat counters for example or even plant pots although there are many brand owners and retailers in the process now of phasing these out.