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Raise a glass (and a lighter bottle) for sustainability
Being interviewed by a magazine – that was a first. Wine Business Monthly wanted to talk with me about the moves we made in 2011 to reduce the amount of glass used in our Oak Leaf label.
Every year we go through a review process with The Wine Group, the company that produces our Oak Leaf label.
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Walmart Rethink
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.
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Yellow grease goes green
When you think about sustainability, you probably think about recycling cardboard or carpooling to work – not chicken grease.
When you think about sustainability, you probably think about recycling cardboard or carpooling to work – not chicken grease.
Our members love our rotisserie chicken, but that fatty residue left behind after cooking it is actually a major source of waste in most Sam’s Clubs. We’re determined to create zero waste, so we’ve found a way to turn that yellow grease into green gold.
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Thinking outside the box
The redesigned shoe box looks the same, but uses 43% less paper
When you set a goal to reduce, recycle or reuse everything, then packaging really has to change. Walmart has pledged to cut back on packaging all across the supply chain. Those of us on the “apparel packaging” team knew we could make a big difference, so we stepped in to help.
We zeroed in on footwear.
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The resilience of Joplin – Q & A with Mike Moore
Joplin Store #59 one day after the storm, Monday, May 23, 2011
Tragedy struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22 in the form of an F5 tornado, taking more than 160 lives and destroying wide swaths of the town where Mike Moore grew up. Moore, EVP and President of Walmart Central, immediately jumped in his car and headed back home to help in the town’s recovery.