I wish that was the case here. I might be able to hunt around better, but I’ve only found dried chickpeas at two stores and the both only sell 1 lb bags (I think)

That’s fair, I honestly never looked into offsets personally beyond what they claim to use as big corps.

I dream of a time where there’s a store in most towns that just sell bulk items in a “bring-your-own-container” situation. I know they exist some places, but obviously aren’t widespread

So I’m no expert to start. If you’re looking at “environmentally friendly” as a whole, its complicated. How much/many emissions are produced recycling and making new cans? How much is made for the stupid plastic bag that could probably be a cardboard box? The actual amount of plastic is pretty small, but it will exit until the plastic eating bacteria start to take over the world.

Personally, I’m not entirely zero waste, so take this for what it is. I would just use the dried beans for now. The amount of waste that produced is negligible compared to all the dumb shit corporations produce (which I can understand also negates most of what we do as individuals). Unless you’re a purist, I would get rid of the big sources of waste first, leave small things last, but in the mean time push for local companies to switch what they do, convince the people where you work to use different packaging, or do the same for local government.

I’m also open to hearing others’ opinions.