Walmart begins to get rid of this one thing
You may not find that at your local Walmart longer from the next future.
Walmart is one of the most popular stores of the US, but it's not just the wide variety of Big Box Store offers that made it such a shopping destination. The coherence of the store - products it performs at its brand-signature brand, has made a reliable retail destination for buyers for decades. However, the channel is about to implement a major chain in some stores in the near future that can mean significant changes for your purchase experience. Read what to discover what can soon disappear from your local Walmart.
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Some Walmart stores are safe.
In order to curb waste, Walmart stores in the state of Maine will walk without a bag from next month.
"The initiative is in place in Maine from July 1st"Charles Crowson, Director of Walmart Communications for Northern United States, confirmedBetter life.
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The decision follows a state plastic bag ordinance issued in 2020.
In 2019, the governor of MaineJanet Mills past an invoice strictly limiting theUsing plastic bags in the state of New England. The implementation of the bill was initially intended to begin on April 22,2020, but was postponed until January 20 due to COVID and again on July 1, 2021.
The invoice indicates that: "No retail property can distribute a single-use plastic shopping bag", including grocery stores, retail stores, restaurants, seasonal shops and temporary shops and the steps. The stores can always provide recyclable paper bags or reusable plastic bags for five hundred or more, provided that the bag is made from at least 20% recycled material. The stores in Maine can also continue to provide bags of plastic products, but they must also provide a receptacle for these bags to be collected for recycling.
This is not the first state in which Walmart has become without bag.
The decision to go without a bag in Maine follows a similar plan deployed in Vermont Walmart stores on February 15, 2021.
"A similar initiative began to Vermont about six months ago and was well received by the customers there," said Walmart spokesman at theEllsworth American Projects to go without a bag in Maine.
Walmart has no project to make national changes at this stage.
Although shops without Walmart bags grow in number, it does not necessarily mean that you will see these changes implemented at any time.
"This is not an initiative that goes in place at the national level," Crowson explained.
However, Walmart has partnered with other retailers and investors to create a sustainable alternative to the classic plastic bag.
"Because Walmart has defined a goal of zero aspiration waste, we have joined the initiative" Beyond the bag "as a founding partner to accelerate innovation for indispensable solutions. With Walmart funding, Target and Health CVS, this three-year initiative is led by closed loop partners with the aim of identifying, testing and implementing sustainable design solutions and models that serve more sustainably the purpose of the bag. current retail ",Anna VinogradovaWalmart's sustainability director saidin a report.
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