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Best Buy has released its 2007 corporate responsibility report (PDF) and unveiled a new corporate responsibility Web site.

In total, through Best Buy’s combined programs, U.S. consumers recycled more than 30,000 tons of e-waste (appliances and consumer electronics) in fiscal 2007.

According to the report, central energy management systems for lighting, heating and cooling equipment have reduced Best Buy’s annual electric use in U.S. stores by approximately 85 million kilowatts – although it’s not clear when these systems were put in place.

The report also throws out a hypothetical, saying that “Most people in our stores -? customers, employees -? likely wouldn’t notice if the store….

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