{"id":518110,"date":"2010-04-06T15:44:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T19:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=10523"},"modified":"2010-04-06T15:44:31","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T19:44:31","slug":"target-placing-recycling-stations-in-all-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/518110","title":{"rendered":"Target placing recycling stations in all stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Green Right Now Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Target has launched permanent community recycling stations in all 1,740 stores to kick-off a month-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The celebration also includes the launch of an online eco-boutique where guests can find eco-friendly products and learn more about the company&#8217;s commitment to the environment, a month-long sweepstakes and a reusable bag giveaway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10526\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 222px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10526\" title=\"target_recycling\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/target_recycling.jpg\" alt=\"Target will place recycling stations in all of its stores.\" width=\"212\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Target will place recycling stations in all of its stores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new recycling stations, located at the front of each store,\u00a0offer a convenient way to recycle aluminum, glass and plastic beverage containers, plastic bags, MP3 players, cell phones and ink cartridges. A full description of recyclables that are accepted is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Target.com\/eco-friendly\" >available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that eco-friendly living is top-of-mind for our guests, and the launch of store recycling stations allows us to continue to partner with them to curb unnecessary waste in our stores and our communities,&#8221; Shawn Gensch, vice president of brand marketing at Target, said in a statement. &#8220;Target is committed to the preservation of the environment and to giving our guests eco-friendly options that will help them live more sustainably.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Target is celebrating Earth Month with other activities, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launching an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Target.com\/eco-friendly\" >online eco-boutique<\/a> that features downloadable coupons and eco-minded brands with products such as non-toxic cleaners, energy-saving appliances and products made of recycled materials.<\/li>\n<li>A month-long &#8220;Drive Home Green&#8221; sweepstakes featuring a grand prize of a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. Guests can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.%20Target.com\/eco-friendly\" >enter online<\/a> for a chance to win or by sending a text message with the keyword &#8220;green&#8221; to the short code &#8220;Target&#8221; (827438).<\/li>\n<li>Giving away with purchase, 1.5 million complimentary reusable shopping bags made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled PET bottles on Sunday, April 18, while supplies last.<\/li>\n<li>Distributing an innovative newspaper circular that allows guests the option to use a portion of the April 18 circular as an envelope to mail their plastic shopping bags to TerraCycle. In return, guests will receive a $1 coupon towards the purchase of a Target reusable bag priced at $1.49 or more.<\/li>\n<li>Continuing to encourage guests to use their reusable bags at checkout to receive a 5-cent discount off their total purchase per reusable bag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Green Right Now Reports Target has launched permanent community recycling stations in all 1,740 stores to kick-off a month-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The celebration also includes the launch of an online eco-boutique where guests can find eco-friendly products and learn more about the company&#8217;s commitment to the environment, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4306,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}