August 10, 2011
Best Buy Raises Recycling Across All Categories
Best Buy increased its U.S. recycling of electronics, appliances, cardboard and paper, plastic and metals in fiscal year 2011, according to the company’s Fiscal 2011 Sustainability Report.
All five categories, measured by volume in pounds, increased for the second year in a row (see chart, above left). The biggest leap was in recycling of plastic, from 947,000 pounds in FY 2010 to 3.5 million in FY 2011.
This figure included material in store and distribution center recycling programs, and did not include plastic recovered through the appliance or electronics recycling….
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