The first post that popped up on Blue Apron and waste[1] has a picture of the wrapped up ingredients of three meals[2]. It looks a bit random to me -- a few veg

The first post that popped up on Blue Apron and waste[1] has a picture of the wrapped up ingredients of three meals[2]. It looks a bit random to me -- a few veggies come without (extra) packaging, but then there's a single individually wrapped carrot. When I buy carrots, there's usually zero packaging; at most there's a thin plastic back for a bunch of carrots. I also don't buy a single leaf of Kale, and another single leaf of a different variety of Kale. Based on that picture, I'd say the amount of packaging is about twice as much as normal -- just in terms of food packaging, another picture shows the total waste[3], which is two or three times again as much. I think that's pretty significant. I don't feel like I'm trying very hard, either, and -- even though virtually all of it is theoretically recyclable here by law -- I'm still appaled at how much garbage remains. We should strive to do better, not worse. It's not easy, though, since larger serving sizes tend to lead to spoiled food, which is the worst result of all. And it's probably a drop in the bucket compared to the footprint of micro-grocery delivery compared to the most efficient alternatives. [1] https://www.buzzfeed.com/ellencushing/these-are-the-trashy-consequences-of-blue-apron-delivery https://www.buzzfeed.com/ellencushing/these-are-the-trashy-c... [2] https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-11/25/15/enhanced/webdr08/longform-original-7410-1448482482-11.png https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-11/25/1... [3] https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-11/25/15/enhanced/webdr05/longform-original-5310-1448482419-4.png https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-11/25/1...