Walmart Rethink
By Walmart Green Room on February 23, 2012 4 comments
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.
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Sandi Blann | July 25, 2012 at 9:54 am
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!
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Danny Lupinek | July 26, 2012 at 1:30 am
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.
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Lindy | July 26, 2012 at 3:39 am
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.
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russ gustafson | July 28, 2012 at 10:07 am
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’”