The Alberta Emerald Foundation recently announced its 2013 Annual Emerald Award finalists, and London Drugs is pleased to be a finalist in the large business category for the ‘What’s the Green Deal?’ program. London Drugs is one of 32 finalists – out of a record 123 nominations this year – across 11 awards categories.
Since the 2008 launch of ‘What’s the Green Deal?’ London Drugs now tallies more than 42 million pounds of materials recycled including: Styrofoam, batteries, computers, televisions, cell phones, paper, plastic, cardboard, and metals.
Our overall waste diversion rate rose from 67% in 2011 to 74% in 2012. And individual stores have advanced even further with a chain-wide goal for all London Drugs stores to achieve 95% waste diversion by 2015.
In Alberta, the Oliver Square West store in Edmonton posted an impressive 93% recycling rate.
The Emerald Awards recognize and reward the excellent environmental initiatives undertaken each year by youth, educators, corporations, individuals, not-for-profit associations, community groups and governments. Winners of the 22nd annual Emerald Awards will be announced at an awards ceremony on June 6, 2013 at the Shoctor Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta.
Albertans are passionate about balancing the development of this province’s rich resources with environmental stewardship, and London Drugs is happy to help.
