Albertsons Stores Cut Waste by 90%

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19. Not necessarily

There would be some transition costs involved, but much of the sorting can be done as the items are unpackaged en-route to the sales floor or being removed from it. Most stores already bale cardboard & sort plastic, so this may not be a big a transition as one might think and it is possible that the items being recycled may generate income for the store as cardboard bales already do. The items given to food pantries are probably already sorted as departments are culled for close date, out of date or distressed products, it is in most cases simply a matter of being sure that all items that can go to a pantry do indeed get to their in store collection point.