We all know the 3 “R’s” of sustainability – reduce, reuse, and recycle. But so much of what we do at Walmart cuts across those categories as we try to innovate and find new ways to protect our planet.
So we spend a lot of our time on a fourth “R”: rethink.
We are trying to rethink everything to make it more sustainable – from packaging to processing, from the products we sell to the stores we sell them in. You’ve seen on this page already how we’re redesigning shoe replenishment boxes and reexamining how water is used in poultry processing.
In the weeks ahead, we’ll hear from people throughout the Walmart business who are rethinking our world, whether it’s the environmental impact of specific items – like wine bottles – or the footprint of entire parts of the company – like trucking and logistics.
By looking at problems with fresh eyes, by applying the latest technologies, and by never being satisfied, we can find new and better ways to do just about anything. And that’s exactly what we’re working to do.
Go back to Sam Walton…. if it’s not made in the USA … it’s not sold in Walmart. We have the best resources to go green and save the planet and us. Hang those PROUDLY MADE IN THE USA banners in the front doors again!
Rethink importing so much of your stuff from China. It takes lots of fuel to get the stuff here. China doesn’t have “green” standards. How about buying from the USA.Sam wouldn’t do it this way.
What would REALLY help your customers eat more nutritiously is to take all the forzen and prepared foods, pastries, pop, chips, etc. from your shelves so they are forced into buying REAL food, like lean meat, veggies, fruits, grains, etc. – then teach them how to cook. They might even lose weight.Also, go back to using paper bags instead of plastic to bag your sales. Paper breaks down so very quick and easy compared to plastics laying around in the landfills. Some recycle places are refusing to some thin plastic containers that some produce and pastries are sold in, aslo, so we have to throw them in the garbage. So much for recycling. We recycled before recycling was cool.
Cindy you have no idea how the world, or the economy works.
Yeah, chop down more trees so we can use more paper. Have WalMart remove the products that people (real people, not you) go shopping for and they will go bankrupt. Stop companies from making chips and pastries, etc. and they will go bankrupt.
There is nothing wrong with recycling but frankly I don’t think your “cool”, I think you would destroy this country in a heartbeat.
All this i great —but why don’t you start by keeping your shelves stocked? The Baxter store in Minnesota is terrible about this. We do have planes, boats, and the railroad up here in ther “boonies’”
I am a cashier at Wal Mart, and all I hear from my customers is that they love shopping with us. As for the person asking us to remove certain unhealthy foods from our shelves,,,who are you, the Food Police? This is America, land of the free!! We have choices in our store, healthy and not so healthy, it all comes down to moderation. Banning certain foods and/or fast food restaurants in this country is not the answer…education is. Although I do a majority of my shopping at Wal Mart, I also feel it important to patronize the small business owners here in Sioux Falls, SD, as well. Bashing a U.S. business that employs so many, not cool! I don’t know if it is just our store, but we have higher starting wages now, plus, our cashiers got a $1 an hour raise earlier this year, in addition to our normal raise. So, if you get a cashiering job at our store, you will start $2 above minimum wage; work as a truck unloader or overnight stocker, add an additional $2!! Not sure what other retail stores are offering wage-wise, but I am sure ours is very competitive!!
I agree totally. Walmart does not force you to buy chips and and candy–use common sense and buy in moderation. Educate your children about nutrition–it is not walmart’s job –it is the parent’s responsibility. Let freedom ring. I appreaciate Walmart’s prices and it is your responsibility to pick the products made in America if you don’t want to buy Chinese made goods. First and foremost STOP BARROWING MONEY FROM CHINA . China will completely own us if we don’t wake up.
I have heard that complain often…”everything in Walmart is made in China.” Well, that is probably a stretch as things sold there are also made in Indonesia, Viet Nam and other countries. The point is, if you want low priced goods, you will be buying imported goods. Take a $12 men’s dress shirt in Walmart. Made in China. Take a $30 men’s dress shirt in a department store. Made in Indonesia. I tried to find a bicycle made in the USA. Unless you want a racing bike for several thousand dollars, there are NO bikes made in the USA. I did find one that was assembled in the US but made in…guess where….China!!!!
i stoped using wallyworld cause its always three things in a PLASTIC bag. i would shop there again if paper was avalible. so i shop cub and super one cause they still have paper bags. i love that kind…
How about taking fabric shopping bags in the store with you? W-M in Crestview, Florida will sell them to you and they gladly pack these bags from whatever store you may have. I’m fairly certain all W-M stores carry a supply. Of course it is possible the fabric bags are ‘Made in China’.
We stopped shopping at Walmart over a year now. They have not recieved one thin dime of my money. Feels great everyone should try it. Go visit Mom and Pop they miss you.
Sam Walton rolls over in his grave from seeing how his stores are run now feels like an earthquake in the cemetery……….His Heirs are billionaires and could care less how the stores are run and where the product comes from…..I only shop walmart when I cannot find the item I need anywhere else, higher price or not………
The world’s largest gross polluter is China. While completely eliminating Chinese products is impractical, a reduction of Chinese imports would be greatly beneficial to environmental preservation.And do away with those ridiculously small plastic and unsanitary reusable bags. It’s not just myself who’d be willing to cough up a dime for paper.
I agree that too many things we buy come from china. I bought garlic this summer and when i got to looking it was grown in china. too much from china, some one said wal mart buys meat from mexico. I know we raise enough meat in the us. I looked for a food processor made in the us and couldnt find one. what is wrong with our country? I am handicapped and have to use a mobil cart to shop, walmart hast that. or I couldnt do any shopping or very little.