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0 pointsnemothekid7y ago0 comments

I used Blue Apron for a couple month. I’m hardly a “save the earth” type - but one of the reasons I’ve been skipping the service is the huge amount of cardboard and plastic ships with each box. I must have 8 full extra heads of garlic lying around. The “ice packs” are a pain in the neck to get rid of and it doesn’t feel right to dump that stuff in the trash.

However I will admit I got tired of the selection. Usually there will only be one meal that I’m actually looking forward to eating and the other 2 are unappetizing enough for me to just eat out.

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ghaff7y ago

I reuse a lot of the plastic bags. But I imagine I'd run out of use for ice packs after a while. Given the amount of cardboard I have to take to recycling from Amazon and elsewhere, I'm not sure a bit more makes much of a difference.

But the menus mostly don't excite me that much. And if I'm going to spend that much effort I have tons of cookbooks and online recipes. Your experience sounds like the one week I tried it. There was a pretty good recipe. An OK recipe. And then some obnoxiously complex hamburger recipe that wasn't even all that great.

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