Basically, there are a bunch of plastic bags, an ice pack, some mylar-type bubble wrap, and the cardboard box. Personally, I find the waste complaints overblown. I suspect you'd find a whole lot more waste with restaurant cooking for example and I actually reuse a fair bit of the BA packaging for other purposes.
There are other services that have more of a focus on reusable containers but I have to wonder how much boils down to virtue signaling. I'm a bit skeptical that a reusable insulated package that UPS needs to make an extra trip to pickup is really that much less wasteful than what BA does.
> you'd find a whole lot more waste with restaurant cooking for example
Why would you say this? When I worked in restaurants, I remember very little waste (other than actual food waste and spoilage, of which there was tons.)
>other than actual food waste and spoilage, of which there was tons
Well yes. Not plastic bags but the overall level of wastage. (To say nothing of the energy/materials overhead associated with operating a restaurant.)
I have nothing against restaurants. I'm just saying that Blue Apron packaging waste is pretty small potatoes compared to a lot of other ways of obtaining food.
There are other services that have more of a focus on reusable containers but I have to wonder how much boils down to virtue signaling. I'm a bit skeptical that a reusable insulated package that UPS needs to make an extra trip to pickup is really that much less wasteful than what BA does.