Wal-Mart Wants to Eliminate All Packaging Waste by 2025
from The Environmental Leader
April 20, 2009
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/04/20/wal-mart-wants-to-eliminate-all-packaging-waste-by-2025/
Wal-mart wants to reduce, reuse, and recycle so that by 2025 all waste from their American stores will be eliminated, while all waste from British company will be eliminated by 2013. For this, the company now offers reusable shopping bags for customers to purchase and use instead of plastic bags; this will reduce plastic bag waste by one-third by 2013. The company also wants to reduce the amount of packaging used by 5% by 2013 and is looking for other sustainable materials to use for packaging.
At Wal-mart's most recent Sustainable Packaging Expo the company was introduced to a recycled cardboard that is waterproof for a 2-wk period. The company can use this biodegradable recycled cardboard to make boxes for packaging goods and shipping along the supply chain.
The article stated that last year "Wal-Mart recycled 180 million pounds of paper, plastic, aluminum and other items and 2.5 million tons of cardboard, and is turning its waste plastic into resin to manufacture clothes hangers and stepping stones for gardens, reported Times Online." The company is also shredding plastic bottles to use as stuffing for dog beds, is testing for more fuel-efficient trucks, and is doubling their solar power use. Decreasing energy is also a main goal for Wal-mart and decreasing the amount of energy used in air conditioners.
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