Comments on: Walmart plans to go 100% renewable by 2035 https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/09/walmart-plans-to-go-100-renewable-by-2035/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:04:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 By: Solarman https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/09/walmart-plans-to-go-100-renewable-by-2035/#comment-93938 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:04:57 +0000 https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/?p=91695#comment-93938 “Harvesting enough wind, solar and other renewable energy sources to power its facilities with 100% renewable energy by 2035;
Electrifying and zeroing out emissions from all of its vehicles, including long-haul trucks, by 2040; and
Transitioning to low-impact refrigerants for cooling and electrified equipment for heating in its stores, clubs, and data and distribution centers by 2040.”

That is fairly aggressive. One must wonder, IF class 8 BEV rigs come to market sooner, will Walmart accelerate their uptake of BEV long haul fleets?

Transition to low-impact refrigerants ? Nitrogen? Oxygen? Some kind of non fluorocarbon refrigerant?

“To date, Walmart powers around 29% of its operations with renewable energy and diverts approximately 80% of its waste from landfills and incineration globally. Because most of the company’s environmental impact comes from its supply chain, Walmart is also working with suppliers through its Project Gigaton initiative to avoid a gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. More than 2,300 suppliers have signed on, and since the effort launched in 2017, suppliers report a total of 230 million metric tons of avoided emissions.”

It looks to me like some of the cheap plastic stuff Walmart sells, (or doesn’t sell) ends up on the shelves of ‘Big Lots’. So, does Walmart subtract this from their waste stream if it’s sold in bulk to another dollar store entity?

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