The products

The dilution problem

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A concentrate is sold undiluted Which is the point of the format And it moves the dosing onto the package There is one of them 3 spouted caps and 5 flip top caps 141 plain continuous thread lids Chemical resistance matters more for a concentrate And four materials is a real choice here 20 glass containers on a home care shelf is unusual The small containers are where glass appears So the dispensing container can be glass and the refill cannot Which is the shelf making a sensible division References

The customer makes the product. Which moves several decisions onto them.

A concentrate is sold undiluted

So the thing in the container is not the thing that gets used, and the customer performs the last manufacturing step.

Which is the point of the format

Shipping water is expensive and shipping concentrate is not. The whole category exists because of that arithmetic.

And it moves the dosing onto the package

A concentrate needs a way to measure, which is why the twin neck bottle on this shelf is the most interesting single container in this group.

There is one of them

A twin neck dosing bottle, which gives a measured amount by squeezing the body. Everything else here is a plain pour.

3 spouted caps and 5 flip top caps

Out of 224 closures. Which is the whole dispensing offering, and for a concentrate poured into a bucket it is adequate rather than good.

141 plain continuous thread lids

The dominant closure, which seals and does not meter. The measuring is done with something else.

Chemical resistance matters more for a concentrate

Because the undiluted product is more aggressive than the use dilution. The compounding property sets out our five-point material ratings and their limits.

And four materials is a real choice here

26 HDPE, 24 PP, 20 glass and 13 PET. Glass is inert and heavy, HDPE resists most things, PP takes heat and PET is clear.

20 glass containers on a home care shelf is unusual

And for an aggressive concentrate it is the safe wall, with the breakage trade the compounding property measures at 1 of 5 on impact.

The small containers are where glass appears

14 glass boston rounds and 5 glass straight sided jars, which are at the under-120 mL end rather than the gallon end.

So the dispensing container can be glass and the refill cannot

A gallon of concentrate in glass is not a thing anybody wants to carry. The 26 containers over 946 mL are plastic.

Which is the shelf making a sensible division

Inert and small, or tough and large. Both ends of the bimodal shelf are specified for what they do.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. 307 rows: 83 containers and 224 closures. 5 to 3,785 mL with a median of 59, and the distribution is bimodal: 57 of the 83 containers are under 120 mL and 26 are over 946 mL, with 29 at 59 mL alone and 13 at 3,785 mL, which is one US gallon. 26 HDPE, 24 PP, 20 Glass and 13 PET, which is the most balanced material mix measured anywhere in this library. 44 jars, 26 bottles, 9 jugs, 3 tubs and pails, 1 tube. 14 glass boston rounds, 12 PET single wall jars, 9 PE F style bottles, 9 double wall round base jars, 7 PE industrial round bottles, 7 double wall straight base jars, 5 glass straight sided jars, and one twin neck bottle. 27 white, 13 natural, 13 clear, 11 black, 9 amber, 6 blue, 2 frosted, 2 green. Closures: 141 continuous thread polypropylene lids, 34 metal or aluminum CT caps, 15 dome lids, 7 sealing discs, 5 flip top caps, 5 phenolic, 4 round tub lids, 3 spouted caps, 2 plastic round pail lids. Buyability, a snapshot: 65 of 83 available, 17 not, 1 unrecorded; 20 quote only; 27 full case only.

Written from 16 CFR 260.12 and 260.14 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Our own Recyclable specification has exactly one value, Yes, on all 803 rows that carry it, which means a blank and a negative cannot be told apart and a bare Yes is an unqualified claim. Nothing here states whether any container is recyclable or whether programs are available anywhere. The Green Guides are guidance on claims and nothing on these pages describes the rest of them, nor state recycled-content or labeling statutes.