{"id":1785,"date":"2005-12-01T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/12\/01\/wal-mart-wins-2005-waste-news-environmental-award\/"},"modified":"2005-12-01T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-01T21:39:00","slug":"wal-mart-wins-2005-waste-news-environmental-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/wal-mart-wins-2005-waste-news-environmental-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart Wins 2005 Waste News Environmental Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, my head&#8217;s spinning a little with <a href=\"http:\/\/home.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/google\/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20051130005012&amp;newsLang=en\">this news<\/a>, but I guess that&#8217;s the price one pays for being a lefty Wal-Mart hater&#8230; Seriously, though, Wal-Mart could have an incredibly positive impact on environmental quality, but this would have to involve not selling cheap crap from China in massive suburban stores with huge parking lots (for a start). 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