consumables

You are comparing single use consumables against multi use consumables.

Their aim is at the utility closet and bathroom consumables like soaps/detergents, paper towels, and maybe cleaning products.

It's one of the nice luxuries of earning enough money that prices for consumables generally does not matter.

People didn't want to put in the effort to order household consumables over the internet in 1999.

This also made it difficult to include consumables such as an internet subscription and transportation costs.

Like inkjet cartridges, it can simultaneously add electronics to landfill while increasing your spend on consumables!

Are there any good examples of successful Freemium apps that sell additional functionality (rather than games or consumables like the article)?

They could have chosen to spend less money on consumables like cigarettes and alcohol.

Less maintenance (no spark plugs or oil changes), less consumables, and the purchase price is about the same (see my first phrase).

Also, what about the carbon output for the cart, equipment, and consumables?

No basic income scheme is viable unless the economy that implements it already produces 100% of the basic living consumables required by the populace.

Any companies that do not use DRM and licenses to limit unofficial repair parts and similar consumables goods will loose to those who permits its.

Card board boxes and other "big" stuff (basically anything that isn't normal consumables) is left at the recycling station (and assuming you do that on your way to work and don't go once per item, the extra energy needed is next to nothing).