Wal-Mart Pledges Packaging Reduction
 Here’s one case where less actually is more. In May, Wal-Mart achieved its goal to sell only concentrated liquid laundry detergent in all our U.S. and Canadian stores, saving precious natural resources, giving customers a more sustainable way to do laundry and more important, transforming the retail industry’s entire liquid laundry detergent category.
In three years, Wal-Mart expects to sell more than 800 million bottles of concentrated detergent. As a result, we anticipate saving 400 million gallons of water, 95 million pounds of plastic resin and 125 million pounds of cardboard. To put the water savings alone into perspective, we are saving the equivalent of 100 million showers, or one car wash for every car in California! Yes, that’s a lot. But our stores sell about a quarter of all the liquid laundry detergent in the U.S, so the potential savings in natural resources could be four times greater if the entire retail industry makes a similar transition. “This commitment moves us closer to our goal to drive waste out of our supply chain while continuing to offer our customers affordable, environmentally friendly products,” said Matt Kistler, Wal-Mart’s senior vice president of sustainability. “The innovative thinking and strategic collaboration with our suppliers was key to making this project and commitment a success for our customers, our suppliers and our business.” Home Entertainment Design Challenge  We encouraged all our consumer electronics suppliers to enter the design challenge, and we evaluated submissions on: great design, product innovation that reduces environmental impact and packaging design that facilitates reuse and recycling, reduces waste, and reduces or eliminates the use of toxic materials. Find out who won.
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