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Article: Environmental Defense Fund Partners with Wal-Mart to Cut Global Shopping Bag Waste.
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- September 25, 2008
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Global Retailer Makes Commitment at Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
NEW YORK -- Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) will serve as Wal-Mart's (NYSE:WMT) environmental partner in the Global Plastic Shopping Bag Waste Reduction Commitment that the retailer announced today at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. EDF will help Wal-Mart develop reduction, reuse and recycling strategies as well as monitor efforts to reduce plastic shopping bag waste by an average of one-third per store from 2008 levels by 2013.
"Cutting bag waste is a common-sense solution to an environmental problem that we all see every day," said Gwen Ruta, vice president for ...