This is so simple and ingenious! The Bottleneck Saver is a small rubber ring that attaches to the pumps of hand soap and lotion bottles. By restricting the amount of dispensed material, it helps reduce unnecessary waste. Multiple Bottleneck Savers can be used on a single pump to restrict consumption even further...
As the designers note in their description, the company's that manufacture soaps and lotions have an incentive to encourage waste (by selling even more product).
The Bottleneck Saver is one of Orcadesign's projects for their Greenhouse Effect program that explores the nature of consumption and sustainability through product design. Via: NotCot.org and Core77
Originally posted by Aaron on AT:NY.
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Maybe a soap inspector can come around to my house to see if I'm wasting my monthly allotment of soap. Is the over-consumption of liquid soap all that stands between us and total disaster? Less product design and more common sense, please.
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I find that a simple rubber band does the same thing. It's not as pretty, but it is a way to recycle the 8 thousand rubber bands I end up with somehow. Plus, you don't have to buy anything new.
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I agree with Palmetto. Also, this type of restrictive device is why so many people refuse to go green. Stop with the silliness.
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