Walmart boosts its North American recycled plastic usage

摘要

Walmart has increased the percentage of post-consumer resin used in its private label packaging in North America, but the number is flat globally. Around the world, Walmart used about 2.87 billion pounds of plastic in its private label packaging in 2020, and about 9% of it was post-consumer resin (PCR), according to the company’s latest sustainability report. That 9% was flat with the year before, even as the company’s total plastic use increased from about 2.65 billion pounds in 2019, an increase of about 8%. But in North America, Walmart increased its percentage of PCR in private brand packaging from 7% in 2019 to 9% in 2020 (Walmart includes Canada, the U.S. and Mexico in its North America calculations). As far as the company’s goals are concerned, Walmart is shooting for 20% PCR in North America and 17% globally by 2025.