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Or they could just not give a damn and strive to become environmental enemy number 1. You clucking mother-clucker. I dare you to go protest in front of the "mothership" when the "revival" takes place. You will never be happy with anything in life. Have fun!

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GREEN!!! Right, you can't even buy the supplies for cloth diapers at Wal Mart, they don't use reusable bags, and you really can't buy alot of green products. So how are they so green? They should at least give people a choice.

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I work at Wal*Mart and at my store we DO support everything Green that we can. We invite the public to bring us their recycling. We include schools, scouts, etc. in our recycling plans. Customers will have to force the issue of reusable bags. We do use less plastic now & encourage customers to return their bags to be recycled. Associates are encouraged to bring their recycling to work. I do! My family and neighbors give me theirs as well. Progress takes time. I have seen a GREAT inprovement in Wal*Mart's actions toward the environment in the last 3 years. 1-800-wal-mart would love to receive your suggestions to help. Have you asked your store manager for greener products? Have you phoned 1-800-wal-mart with your suggestions?

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Wal-Mart is so huge that it would be nearly impossible to be green. Yet, I guess a start is a start. We now have 3 stores that are somewhat local to us now. As far prices go, they are hard to beat, but sometimes some can be by shopping around. But at what cost? One of my issues is the killing of small cities. People often protest because they know the local small local businesses will then fall, some providing local food and produce, without having to transport it such a distance, with better quality being local but not able to compete. You can't often find the items or certainly the service you need at Wal-Mart that a local business had (past tense because most local shops are gone). Many of these stores were 100 years or older, and handed down many generations. The same as the farms that are breaking up and/or leaving. The one positive thing about Wal-Mart is cheaper items. In todays economy, and unemployment rate, people people have to be able to buy cheap products to survive. Even the employees can't afford a decent living, so often must buy from same store, for God's sake give them full time and some benefits.

However the one thing that really gets me. How can I buy an American product at Wal-Mart? You might to be more "green" here. However, you cannot make your items in Asia, Honduras, etc. where they have almost no restrictions on pollution? Then less green shipping them here. Contact more American Companies to make your products. And I'll feel just a little better about Wal-Mart going green.

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Wal-mart is making changes on the fringes, but at the same time engaging in massive environmentally damaging practices around the world. It is a PR campaign to take the attention away. So far there is still not a single union in any Wal-mart in the US since they have actually shut down entire stores once they voted in a union. Not everything is cheaper at Wal-Mart. They make a large percentage of their money from their pharmacy - which on average are more expensive. (exception are the various 'specials' that are advertised)

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