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Eco Factor: Wal-Mart to purchase wind-generated electricity to power 360 stores. America's largest grocery retailer, Wal-Mart, has escalated its efforts to go green by purchasing wind-generated electricity from Duke Energy. Wal-Mart says that the..

Retail giants are joining the bandwagon of eco-enthusiasts by showing that they care for the environmet too. Wal-Mart is one such eco-friendly company that has been proposing ways to reduce pollution all across its outlets. Focusing on the...

As more and more energy bigwigs are investing in low enery projects to reduce the emission of harmful greenhouse gases. One of the prominent retailer of USA, Wal-Mart is following the industry trend. It has recently launched compact...

Hydrogen fuel cell-powered pallet trucks have been beta trialed by Cellex Power Products at two Wal-Mart distribution centers based at Ohio. These pallet trucks have successfully met, also exceeding uptime, fueling and targets for both environment and...

The giant discount retailer, Wal-Mart Stores seemed to be determined in pushing the world towards energy efficiency by encouraging 200 million shoppers to save energy by mass introducing a compact fluorescent light. These lamps have a clear...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been taking up green ventures for long. But, its recent initiative deserves a real appreciation! The world's leading retailer has come up with an ambitious campaign of selling 100 million compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)...

Wal-Mart seems to be going green rapidly, becoming the latest company to join the green revolution. It recently announced a plan to cut on packaging by 5% over five years. With a goal to save millions of pounds of trash from reaching landfills,...

Increasing use of energy is an indication of development but it always comes with a price, global warming. However, it is absolutely difficult to stop using energy but an efficient use of energy is always desirable. We all contribute to global warming...

Wal-Mart, the mega US retailer plans to go organic with its food, the New York Times reported. Hope with this, the US consumers will have a greater availability of organic food and that too at marked decreased prices. But, how would it effect the...

When we think of buying organic, we have a set idea that it will fall a bit heavy on the purse. But, this summer you are not to go disappointed about it. The supermarket shelves will not only be contained with a lot more organic food, but also should...