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What shade of green is that?

Wal-Mart store goes eco-friendly?

Posted by Corey McKrill at 10:50 AM on 21 Jul 2005

Read more about: Wal-Mart | business | greenish companies | greenwashing
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Wal-Mart's new big-box store being constructed in McKinney, Texas, has a twist: It will employ several conservation methods and green technologies, making it the company's first "environmentally friendly" store. Apparently, not only will it have a wind turbine to generate 5% of its power, and a rainwater catchment system for 95% of its irrigation needs, but it will use waterless urinals in its restrooms and recycle its oil from the deli and automotive departments to help heat the building.

The inspiration for all this being "to save money and keep costs down."  I guess if you overlook the proliferation of suburban sprawl, the ruination of local businesses, and the poor treatment of its employees, this could almost be seen as a good thing. But, oh wait, they're building it near an already existing "traditional" Wal-Mart so they can "gauge its progress."

Between the Devil and Wal-Mart

Between the Devil and the Deep Green Supercenter

Not only is "the move is, suffice to say, unlikely to mollify Wal-Mart's critics in the environmental and labor movements (according to several sources, U.S. companies have gone out of business or moved overseas as a result of Wal-Mart's buying practices)," Wal-Mart's latest green scheme is unlikely to appease Native Americans, who have had to witness Wal-Mart's building on top of their ancestors buried bodies.


Report consumer news; environmental issues; regional and nat'l Native issues. Disabled by MCS/Enviromental Illness, but my story continues.

by Native Reality at 6:18 PM on 21 Jul 2005

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