Naphtha shortages in Japan

Post by cainxinth » Sat, May 30, 2026, 12:46 PM UTC

rpozarickij wrote: post #50

guessmyname wrote: post #2

As someone who grew up eating Calbee snacks, I think they’ll be fine. People from my generation aren’t buying Calbee because the bag is colorful. They’re buying it because it’s Calbee and they already know what they’re getting. The packaging could be black and white and I’d still recognize it instantly. The only people I could see being briefly confused are younger consumers. Japanese packaging tends to be very color…

> If simpler packaging lowers costs and sales stay the same In reality packaging is a very big part of marketing. People are drawn by vivid and bright colors, which is especially relevant in the modern world where unfortunately so many of us are living in a permanent hyper-stimulated state. It's hard to ignore well-designed packaging with tastefully chosen colors even if you're someone who is mindful about their eati…

Post by curio_Pol_curio » Sat, May 30, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC

gryson wrote: post #33

no-name-here wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even better to provide a source for each statistic. Japan has about half the plastic waste rate, yes [1]. However, the top recycling search result claims Japan only has a 19% recycling rate compared to the US’s 24% [2], but you might have been referring to a specific recycling type? [1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/plastic-waste-per-capita [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_rates_by_country

You're greatly misunderstanding that second link: that's the breakdown of what happens to collected municipal waste within each country (notice they all add up to 100% for each country). That says nothing about total amounts of plastic waste collected or recycled. See Table 1 here and its sources: https://circulareconomy.earth/publications/how-japan-is-usin... Japan recycles about 24% of its used consumer plastics in…

Post by tormeh » Sat, May 30, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC

cainxinth wrote: post #111

rpozarickij wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If simpler packaging lowers costs and sales stay the same In reality packaging is a very big part of marketing. People are drawn by vivid and bright colors, which is especially relevant in the modern world where unfortunately so many of us are living in a permanent hyper-stimulated state. It's hard to ignore well-designed packaging with tastefully chosen colors even if you're someone who is mindful about their eati…

Absolutely. If packaging and marketing stopped mattering so much once the public already knows a product well, Coca-cola could have stopped spending so much on their brand a long time ago.

Post by 1970-01-01 » Sat, May 30, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

Post by jezzamon » Sat, May 30, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

phantomathkg wrote: post #109

guessmyname wrote: post #2

As someone who grew up eating Calbee snacks, I think they’ll be fine. People from my generation aren’t buying Calbee because the bag is colorful. They’re buying it because it’s Calbee and they already know what they’re getting. The packaging could be black and white and I’d still recognize it instantly. The only people I could see being briefly confused are younger consumers. Japanese packaging tends to be very color…

I think you are overly optimistic and forget a few key facts here. According to wiki, 8% of males and 0.5% of female suffer from colorblindness. That means for the rest of the people, the color is part of the information that our brain use subconsciously when we go and grab a bag of Calbee. Will it affect the Japanese general public? Minor inconvenience for sure. Will it affect sales? Probably for area popular by tou…