This is a recent article that I found in the News section of the Wegmans website.
On April 20, 2008, Wegmans added information of their press release stating sustainability being a priority "as Wegmans continues to work on all three [reducing, reusing, and recycling] to steer business practices in a greener direction."
These are some examples they give for their plans in each category:
"In the 'Reduce' category, for example, Wegmans uses one truck to haul two trailers wherever possible - in 2007 this reduced the miles traveled by 1 million, saving 200, 000 gallons of fuel, or the equivalent of taking 320 cars off the road. The company also saves energy with fluorescent lighting in its newer and re-modeled stores. In fact, by switching over 4000 distribution cent light fixtures to a new fluorescent technology, the company has conserved enough energy to power 470 homes for one year. Customers can save on their own electric bills by switching to compact fluorescent bulbs, which use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs.
In the 'Reuse' category, Wegmans urges customers to witch to reusable shopping bags - a better environmental choice than either plastic or paper bags. But for those who want paper or plastic, Wegmans encourages consumers to reuse the bags for another purpose and recycle them rather than throwing them away.
In the 'Recycle' category, Wegmans recycled 3 million pounds of plastic bags and wrapping material in 2007 - a figure that includes plastic bags returned to stores by customers for recycling. Since Wegmans plastic bags are made from natural gas (not oil), recycling this plastic saved enough energy to heat 362 homes for one year. The recycled plastic bags are made into other grocery bags."
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