Tag Archives: Wal-mart
Partnering for packaging success
Sam’s Club worked with Cheerios to change its packaging from one large box with two bags to two smaller boxes with one bag each, allowing for a 4 percent reduction in materials. These and other efforts are the focus of the Walmart and Sam’s Club Sustainable Packaging Exposition taking place tomorrow in Rogers, Ark.
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In trucking, the road to efficiency is continuous
Walmart is continuously working to improve its trucking fleet through technologies like this hybrid assist truck. Since 2007, the Walmart fleet has delivered 361 million more cases while driving 287 million fewer miles.
Delivering more while driving less: It’s a simple idea, but bringing it to life can be a bit complicated.
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Set big sustainability goals, then work at them daily
Walmart’s company-wide goal is to create zero waste. Corrugated cardboard is bundled into bales and sent to paper mills to be recycled into new paper products.Last year, Walmart U.S. kept nearly 81 percent of waste out of the landfill.
As someone who leads the drive toward sustainability every single day at work, I’ve been thinking a lot about our commitment as we wrap up Earth Month 2012.
Urban habitats have new life through Acres for America
An egret stands on a branch in the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.
Before Chicago was Chicago, birds, fish and wildlife knew it was a great place to call home.
The same can be said about many major American cities, where, interspersed among big buildings and busy streets, are some of the nation’s most important lands and natural resources.
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In the news this week: sustainability at Walmart
We’d like to think sustainability is always a popular topic, but Earth Month definitely puts it in the spotlight. You can read more about our successes and struggles with sustainability in this story by Triple Pundit.
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