[OKC] FW: Target Opens Recycling Centers in All 1,740 Stores

[Shauna Lawyer Struby]

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


Target Opens Recycling Centers in All 1,740 Stores


Minneapolis based  <http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41209/print>
Target (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
<http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41209/print> communities," said
Shawn Gensch, vice president of brand
<http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41209/print> marketing, 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  <http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41209/print> supply
chain, 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.cfm

 

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