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- onClipEvent, on 07/16/2009, -0/+37I read somewhere that close to 99% of companies that have 'green' products are over-exaggerating their environmental claims, and some are just lying (Whole Foods was being sued by the state of CA for misleading claims for their eco-friendly cosmetics...etc)
The best way to help is NOT buy things you don't absolutely need in the first place - reduce! - yourmanstan, on 07/16/2009, -2/+26despite the negative comments above, it will take a company like walmart to start changing standards. By being manufacturers' biggest client, walmart has alot of power to get them to do what the consumer wants. A single consumer isn't going to convince a company to scrap their plastic packaging to save the environment, but walmart just might...i hope...
- mogebier, on 07/16/2009, -1/+13Can they just stop buying crap from China and also make sure my kid's toys and clothes are free of lead?
Thanx much. - ruarctb, on 07/16/2009, -0/+8I think this is a good move. Wal-Mart has big sway amoung manufacturers, but it also has a large number of associates and customers. By convincing those three groups to make even small changes to being more "green," the effect will be quite large.
Think of it this way. If Wal-Mart gets everyone who works for them to switch one bulb in their house to a low energy bulb, that's 1.2 million plus bulbs that are using lower amounts of electricity EVERY DAY. - Queenwemo, on 07/16/2009, -3/+10“Customers want products that are more efficient, that last longer and perform better,” ...And increasingly they want information about the entire life cycle of a product so they can feel good about buying it."
Actually people want products that are not going to shatter, melt, fall apart, shred, unravel, or simply cease functioning after they have been turned on.
Most consumers do not know that Wal-Mart has contracts with many major manufacturers to produce a product specifically for Wal-Mart. This is why the Calphalon cookware that you got at Wal-Mart lost a handle, and got scratched the first time out of the box, while the same stuff from Williams-Sonoma is twice the price, but you will be able to be buried with it! The product sold at Wal-Mart is of a lesser quality manufacturing process in order for them to sell it so cheap.
It is really true, you get what you pay for. - thefox84, on 07/16/2009, -3/+10BUY MORE THINGS TO GO GREEN! Sadly, most people don't understand true environmentalism.
- inactive, on 07/16/2009, -1/+6For all you Wal-Mart haters- find something better to bitch about. Wal-Mart is a business, so of course they are going to do things that will make money- its not a crime. You show me another retailer that is any greener or better than walmart- most wal-marts now utilize sky lights and refrigerator lights that turn off when there is no traffic, among other things. I think the green product idea is a smart idea on Wal-Marts behalf. As far as the whole employee thing goes- come on, half the people working there would not have a job if it weren't for Wal-Mart because Wal-Mart hires pretty much ANYONE. Other retailers do not pay any better- so quit living in fairyland. I also read somewhere that they do offer some basic healthcare for employees that have been there a while- do you really think someplace like target is that much better? Either way it won't matter after this only $1,000,000,000,000 health care 'reform'. It's fine if you don't like the Wal-Mart, and Wal-Mart isn't perfect either, but I don't see how Wal-Mart is any worse than other retailers- its a friken business. There will always be a discount retailer which entails cutting costs to stay competitive. Oh and everything comes from china now- not just stuff at the 'evil' wal-mart.
- monodelasno, on 07/16/2009, -2/+6Most WalMart employees are not interested in unionizing. But the unions don't want to acknowledge that.
- Ymeg, on 07/16/2009, -3/+7I wonder how long before anti-WalMart bias obscures peoples support for go going green.
- LightPhoenix, on 07/16/2009, -0/+4You ask a poor person if they'd rather spend more money to get eco-friendly stuff, the answer is going to be no almost every time. When you're concerned about how you're going to feed your family and afford your home/apartment/whatever, things like being eco-friendly fall to the wayside by necessity. It's the same reason obesity is higher amongst the poor - you'll buy whatever crap is cheapest, with little/no mind to the nutritional value.
- SlowFreshOil, on 07/16/2009, -1/+5I won't buy the ***** just because it has a ***** sticker on it. Most of the "environmentally friendly" products out there are not even close to being green.
Just another marketing scam. - SavingsJockey, on 07/16/2009, -5/+9Where's the sticker letting us know how many Chinese children it cost to produce said products?
- l034me, on 07/16/2009, -1/+4Actually since it's Wal-Mart it would be 88 cents.
- dis0rder, on 07/16/2009, -1/+4I don't understand all the negativity. Wal-Mart had something like $400 *billion* in worldwide sales last year, so any kind of decision like this is going to have an absolutely tremendous positive impact. Is the move designed to boost consumers' opinion of the company as eco-friendly? Of course. But I'm excited that it could effect real change. By giving consumer more information about the products they buy, Wal-Mart is implicitly putting pressure on its suppliers to work hard and earn those "green" labels. It's like when the FDA mandated nutritional information on their products - suddenly, people could see what they were putting in their body, and this lead to an increase in sales of healthier products. All of this is contingent on how Wal-Mart verifies the ecofriendliess of the products, of course, but assuming they do a good job of that I think this has real potential. Wal-Mart is no saint, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't recognize when they do a good thing.
- greevar, on 07/16/2009, -1/+4We lie, but now they're "green" lies.
- Midtowner, on 07/16/2009, -2/+5What is all of this environmental propaganda on Digg lately? This is getting worse than Huffpo during the election season. Buried.
- dandandantheman, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2And who's in control of the labeling? Wal-mart? Not that a standardized system would be that much more trustworthy, but a simple "rating" doesn't really inform anybody of anything aside from wal-mart's opinion of their own products...
- GregLoire, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2http://www.dilbert.com/2009-07-14/
- Akairenn, on 07/16/2009, -1/+3Totally, man.
I mean, everyone knows the sky lighting in Wal-Mart stores is just there to totally rape the planet.
Take that, you bastard sun, we're stealing your energy! - CruelAngel, on 07/17/2009, -0/+2I love how people can be uptight about grammar, but not spell Walmart correctly. No hyphen. Walmart.
- Akairenn, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2Naturally.
You remember 2000-2002?
"Green" is the new "Titanium". - TheMachine1, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2Needs to be independently rated and the ranking methodology need to be clearly explained. Its going to be very difficult to quantify various aspects of "green" ratings.
- cplusplus, on 07/16/2009, -1/+3I assume it takes quite a few resources to ship so many products all the way from China.
- Dream0Weaver, on 07/16/2009, -1/+3wtf, mate?
- TheStrangeBrew, on 07/16/2009, -1/+3Funny, Wal-Mart goes "green" the same day they remove our entire County office blue paper recycling bins to reduce costs due to the budget. Go figure...
- yourmanstan, on 07/16/2009, -1/+3except sometimes it doesn't matter
a while back i need a garden hose just for one thing. the grocery store had one for $25, but i decided...hey how about i go "borrow" a hose from walmart and return it when i'm done. turns out that walmart sold a longer hose for only $3 which i still own. even if the hose lasted only 1 year, it would still take over 8 years to even equal the cost to buy somewhere else. - Grayfox777, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2"maybe even pay more for environmentally friendly stuff." Total BS. If they really want to be green, then the cheap stuff will have that label instead!
- JustinLoether, on 07/17/2009, -0/+2Well said.
- 4AntiStupid, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1I should starting putting green stickers on my products. Maybe I'll sell more? It would get some good laughs at the presentations at least.
- greevar, on 07/16/2009, -2/+3THIS IS WALMART!!!
- ROBINEW, on 07/17/2009, -0/+1I think its called an OXYMORON!
- asnider, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1If you zoom out it looks like a rose...sort of...not really...but that's the closest I can tell.
- crzyeights, on 07/16/2009, -3/+4THIS IS MADNESS!!!
eco-friendly and wal-mart do not go together... - bshock, on 07/17/2009, -0/+1Walmart + "eco friendly" = greenwashing.
- darrellcskinner, on 07/16/2009, -3/+4All this 'go green and be good' ***** is pissing me off. All these companies are doing is trying to make you feel like your doing good along side them. Truth is global warming is non-sense. Cows produce more damaging gas then all the cars and factories ever will. What's happening is normal, just think of it as a 2000 year seasonal change, rather than every 3 months.
- rjshatz, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1So they're environment-friendly, what about economy-friendly?
- appleseed1234, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1Are you crazy? Global Warming is all the rage right now, it's too early to start calling it out for being complete *****! (no pun intended)
- ajde, on 07/16/2009, -3/+4I doubt it. You really think Wal-Mart cares about its footprint on the environment or being eco-friendly? Of course not. They'll build anywhere, have made every calculation possible to maximize sales and get those who produce their products and food to compete against each other and bring down prices (for Wal-Mart, not us) and treat their employees like *****. This is not the shining beacon of green to look to for change.
- monodelasno, on 07/16/2009, -0/+0True. I picked up a Sony DVD/VCR unit a couple years ago. Sony deleted the clock from the WalMArt specific version. Damn them, I got it for $25 less, but I have one less clock to look at.
- hankthedwarf, on 07/16/2009, -4/+4Typical religious, hypocritical piece of *****. What Chinese child would Jesus enslave so you could buy pork rinds for 48 cents? ***** yourself, scum.
- JustinLoether, on 07/17/2009, -1/+1I dont have problems with my hours? And I love my job. I stand around in Electronics telling people what they wanna hear and I get paid $10 an hour [40 hours a week] just to do it. And ***** Unions. They did ***** for me where I worked last. They just take your cash.
- BareBeliever, on 11/06/2009, -0/+0I love hearing when huge companies like Wal-Mart (and Naked Juice and tons of others) transition to more environmentally responsible products and processes
- inactive, on 07/17/2009, -1/+1Always low prices, always, or until we start wasting money on "green" programs.
- TriNiiTy, on 07/17/2009, -1/+1And you reflect the entire Wal-mart workforce.
"Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price." - SystemicThought, on 07/16/2009, -4/+3If they go with a scale of green to red, Walmart will have NOTHING better than yellow. Of course, they'll grade their products on a curve.
- monodelasno, on 07/16/2009, -3/+2Hank, you've got a problem.
- Niocan, on 07/16/2009, -4/+3Yay, cashing in on the current controlling meme in order to lull the consuming populace into self perpetual hypocrisy of the future!
'Green' has been hijacked, like many other popular and sane ideas, by the vested interests of greed. If you want a simple and *real* green way to live, try to incorporate Cannabis (Specifically the male side, aka: Hemp) into every aspect of your life. Clothing, nutrition, cleaning/skin care, building materials, etc. - socivitus, on 07/16/2009, -13/+11YAY! They can slap an eco-friendly sticker on 1/3 of their products and jack up the price! YAY!
- musntSurfatWork, on 07/16/2009, -3/+1I'm rolling back my eyes
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