Wal-Mart will cut plastic use

30 Sep 2008 | Author: Jeanette Wiemers, newsbriefs editor | Print version | Send to a friend

Retailer announces goal to reduce shopping bag waste by one-third

Wal-Mart Stores announced its goal last week to reduce waste from its plastic shopping bags by an average of 33% per store within the next 5 years, which in total should cut global plastic waste by over 135 million pounds and CO₂ emissions by 290,000 metric tons. The retailer hopes to accomplish this goal through reducing the number of plastic bags it gives out at stores, encouraging customers to use reuseable bags and allowing them to recycle the traditional plastic ones.

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