1,740 TARGET STORE TO NOW COLLECT EMPTY CARTRIDGES

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http://www.enn.com/business/article/41209
1,740 TARGET STORE TO NOW COLLECT EMPTY CARTRIDGES 
Target Opens Recycling Centers in All 1,740 Stores
Minneapolis based Target  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,” said Shawn
Gensch, vice president of brand 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 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.

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April 19, 2010 at 10:24 AM