New, greener milk jug design

Is there any use in crying over spilled milk? Well, some consumers certainly are doing so since major chains such as Wal-Mart and Costco have adoped a new, greener design for milk jugs. First the benefits: The new milk jug design uses less plastic, requires 50% less storage space, and is stackable, allowing more milk to be shipped in a single truckload. Now the cons: consumers are complaining that the new milk jug design is hard to handle, easy to spill and generally inconvenient. I recently purchased a gallon of milk contained in one of these new jugs at Sam’s Club and didn’t have any problems with it. However, I did notice that my kids were more prone to spills with the new design. Perhaps this is just a case of needing to get used to something new. However, since the new milk jug is saving dairies money on both shipping and labor, its probably going to be around for awhile.