Wal-Mart Initiative Aims to Reduce Packaging by 5%
al-Mart Stores, as part of an initiative that the company says could cut costs by $3.4 billion, announced Friday it will seek to reduce packaging by its suppliers by 5%, the Associated Press reported.
Wal-Mart said it will begin working with its suppliers in November to prepare for the changes, which will take effect in 2008, AP said.
Wal-Mart said its efforts will remove the equivalent of 213,000 trucks from the road each year and prevent the consumption of up to 6.7 million gallons of diesel, AP reported.
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