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I feel the exact same way - maybe that's the pain point a business needs to be solving - making much smaller bottles of one-off ingredients!

ip26 8y ago
A bulk department helps a lot with this.
TeMPOraL 8y ago
So you think we need to trade the occasional waste of some ingredient you didn't use (and didn't bother to give to a friend/neighbour) for wasting ungodly amounts of plastic on small packaging? (I know this is happening and will continue to happen - and this is how market choices contribute to the climate change and destruction of environment we live in.)
- ramenmeal 8y ago
  Seems like the packaging waste could be solved. I think these services might be underestimating how much waste weighs on peoples conscious when they subscribe.
- hw 8y ago
  It's ridiculous how much plastic goes into each Blue Apron box. I was on Blue Apron for a couple months until I realized how damaging it is for the environment vs me just going out there and purchasing the ingredients myself. Wasting ingredients can be solved with better planning of meals and grocery shopping. Blue Apron is just the lazy way of getting around doing that. Those plastic containers to hold the ingredients and spices though, leave a near permanent negative footprint on the environment
- throwaway427 8y ago
  Modern landfills really aren't all that bad, the real cost being the space they take up, which happens to not be a problem in the US.
  - TeMPOraL 8y ago
    Last time I checked, modern landfills were methane emitters, which is bad.
    - JoeAltmaier 8y ago
      About 60M metric tonnes annual worldwide. Energy production and livestock produce 600M. So landfills are about 10% of the problem
      - TeMPOraL 8y ago
        Thanks for the number! Still, my concern isn't just the landfill. When talking about unnecessary packaging, it's also the energy cost of extracting oil and turning it into that plastic packaging. Not all trash is created equal.
        throwaway427 8y ago
        Phrased that way... what isn't concerning? Maybe enjoy Blue Apron for a year and skip an iPhone upgrade?

ip26 8y ago

A bulk department helps a lot with this.

TeMPOraL 8y ago

So you think we need to trade the occasional waste of some ingredient you didn't use (and didn't bother to give to a friend/neighbour) for wasting ungodly amounts of plastic on small packaging? (I know this is happening and will continue to happen - and this is how market choices contribute to the climate change and destruction of environment we live in.)

ramenmeal 8y ago
Seems like the packaging waste could be solved. I think these services might be underestimating how much waste weighs on peoples conscious when they subscribe.
hw 8y ago
It's ridiculous how much plastic goes into each Blue Apron box. I was on Blue Apron for a couple months until I realized how damaging it is for the environment vs me just going out there and purchasing the ingredients myself. Wasting ingredients can be solved with better planning of meals and grocery shopping. Blue Apron is just the lazy way of getting around doing that. Those plastic containers to hold the ingredients and spices though, leave a near permanent negative footprint on the environment
throwaway427 8y ago
Modern landfills really aren't all that bad, the real cost being the space they take up, which happens to not be a problem in the US.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  Last time I checked, modern landfills were methane emitters, which is bad.
  - JoeAltmaier 8y ago
    About 60M metric tonnes annual worldwide. Energy production and livestock produce 600M. So landfills are about 10% of the problem
    - TeMPOraL 8y ago
      Thanks for the number! Still, my concern isn't just the landfill. When talking about unnecessary packaging, it's also the energy cost of extracting oil and turning it into that plastic packaging. Not all trash is created equal.
      - throwaway427 8y ago
        Phrased that way... what isn't concerning? Maybe enjoy Blue Apron for a year and skip an iPhone upgrade?