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Sobeys, Wegmans Continue Reducing Plastic Bags

Sobeys' stores in Ontario have exceeded the province's targeted guidelines for reducing plastic bags. Sobeys, which operates in Ontario under the Sobeys, Foodland and IGA ...

Coca-Cola, Columbia Sportswear Reuse Packaging to Reduce Waste

Food and beverage companies and retailers, alike, are creating new ways to reuse their packaging to reduce landfill waste and their environmental footprint. As an example, ...

AFS, CGA Promote Reusable Grocery Bags

To reduce plastic bag waste, Associated Food Stores in Salt Lake City and the California Grocers Association are separately promoting the virtues of reusable bags. Associated Food ...

Pharmacies Cut Paper Use, Save Energy, Recycle Bottles

Pharmacies are implementing environmental initiatives that recycle plastic bottles and vials, cut down on paper usage and help save energy. Wegman's, for instance, expects to save ...

Which? Says M&S Tops List of Worst UK Supermarket for Packaging

Despite running a high-profile environmental campaign over the past two years, Marks & Spencer is ranked the supermarket with the worst packaging according to a ...

Top UN Environmental Official: Ban Plastic Bags

Plastic bags, which choke marine life, should be banned or phased out rapidly, says Achim Steiner, executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP released a ...

Reusable Bags Help Marks & Spencer Cut Plastic Bags by 80%

After introducing a surcharge on disposable plastic bags and encouraging the use of reusable bags, British retailer Marks & Spencer has cut its disposable plastic bag ...

Five Green Business Leaders to Watch

Reuters News and Venture Capital Journal have selected five decision makers who will lead green business in technology, energy usage and climate change in the months ...

Plastic Bag Industry Shoots for 40% Recycled Content by 2015

The Full Circle Recycling Initiative aims for 40 percent recycled content in all plastic bags by 2015, including at least 25 percent postconsumer recycled plastic. The initiative ...

Whole Foods Overhauls Energy Savings Program

Whole Foods Market is launching a major energy program that more than triples the number of stores with solar panels, extends its commitment to offset 100 ...

Wal-Mart Wants to Eliminate All Packaging Waste by 2025

Wal-Mart wants to eliminate all waste by reducing, recycling or reusing everything that comes into its 4,100 American stores by 2025, and for Asda, its British operation, ...

Earth Day Helps Drive Green Efforts at Supermarkets

Earth Day is driving green efforts at several supermarkets around the nation, ranging from recycling paper goods and promoting the use of reusable bags to designing energy-efficient ...

Canadian Supermarket Diverts 328M Plastic Bags from Landfill

Canadian food distributor Loblaw Companies Ltd. has diverted 328 million plastic shopping bags from landfill, and reduced its fuel consumption by 2.1 percent per kilometer in ...

Fred Meyer, JCPenney Add Reusable Bags, Divert Plastic Bags from Landfills

Fred Meyer Stores, one of the largest grocery and retail outlets in the Northwest, announced that it has diverted 20 tons of plastic bags from landfills ...

Apple Eliminates Plastic Bags From Its Stores

Apple's retail stores are now implementing a new “no plastic bags” policy, AppleInsider reports. Instead of bagging customer's products in plastic, Apple's retail stores are now offering ...

TerraCycle Piloting In-Store Waste Collection Points

TerraCycle is running a pilot program in the New York-New Jersey area where it is setting up non-recyclable waste collection systems in the front of major retail ...

Virginia Bows to Industry, Kills Plastic Bag Ban

A ban on disposable plastic bags in Virginia has been pulled at the request of plastics industry representatives, reports DailyPress.com The proposed bag ban came after Virginia ...

Retailers Find Environmental Concerns Playing Larger Role In Reputation

Retailers have entered a new age of corporate citizenship in which not only working conditions but environmental impacts of production and products are playing a large role on reputation, according to (PDF) Covalence's EthicalQuote ...

NY Requires Big Retail Stores To Recycle Plastic Bags

New York Governor David Paterson recently signed a legislation that will require many retail stores to recycle plastic carry-out bags or face fines from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the Business Review ...

Austin Retailers Report 40% Reduction in Plastic Bag Use

Austin retailers who participated in the city-led , “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” campaign report that they have recycled over 20 percent more bags at stores during the first half of 2008 compared ...

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