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Sep 25, 2006

Wal-Mart goes green on packaging

BBC: Wal-Mart has become the latest company to join the green revolution - announcing a move to cut packaging by 5% over five years. The retail giant says the scheme will start in 2008 and save the firm $3.4bn (£1.78bn) as well as "millions of pounds of trash reaching landfills". The amount saved overall in the supply chain could be $10.98bn, Wal-Mart said. UK supermarket Sainsbury's said earlier this month 500 of its own-brand goods would be in compostable ... Link