[OKRA] Target Opens Recycling Centers in All 1,740 Stores

[Shields, Susie]

 From: Timothy B. Hurst
Published April 12, 2010 11:41 AM 


Target Opens Recycling Centers in All 1,740 Stores


Minneapolis based Target
<http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41209/print>  (NYSE: TGT)
announced Tuesday that it is rolling out a massive nationwide recycling
initiative with centers at the front of each of its 1,740 U.S. stores.
The recycling stations will accept aluminum, glass and plastic beverage
containers, plastic bags, MP3 players, cell phones and ink cartridges.

"The launch of store recycling stations allows us to continue to partner
with [our guests] to curb unnecessary waste in our stores and our 
communities <http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41209/print> ," said
Shawn Gensch, vice president of brand marketing
<http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41209/print> , Target. 

Over the course of the last several months, retail chain Target has
ramped up its sustainability programs and image, partially in response
to retail giant Walmart's big push to become more sustainable, which
includes programs to green its supply chain
<http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41209/print> , use less energy
and produce less waste.         

But Target isn't just copying the sustainability programs their friends
down in Bentonville, Arkansas are rolling out (though they should
probably copy some of them), they're forging their own path with some
unique programs of their own, recently announcing they would no longer
sell farmed salmon. 

And whether they would admit to it or not, the Target recycling move
puts a bit of pressure back on Walmart to up the ante, thereby
contributing to a kind of 'race to the top' - at least until the term
was commandeered by the Obama administration. 

Article continues: 
http://www.matternetwork.com/2010/4/target-opens-recycling-centers-all.c
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