Introduction
Target is weLL-known for its store holding every household essentials, groceries, electronics, and appliances. It is general retail merchandise in the U.S.A having a chain of the store in 50 states of the U.S.A. A target market is a group of customers who are likely aimed to buy specific products or services. Only those customers have a high potential in buying those products. The products are designed specifically for those customers who need the most and buy the most.
Target’s recycling promise
Target has put its step ahead for a healthy environment. Reducing pollution, products harmful to the environment is the main target for Target markets. To prevent using harmful Earth, Target has bought forward the use use of degradable, renewables, and recycled products. The main source of deadly effect on Earth is plastics, harmful chemicals from factory extracts, deforestation, etc. From these, the harmful mechanism is the use of plastics. The Target market has come forward to reduce the use of plastics and recycle those plastics which can be recycled and used again.
To reduce the impact of plastics, we need to use recyclable plastics and stop undegradable plastics. For every single store purchase, we make use of plastics bags. The use of paper or cloth bags has come to extinct. Target committed to reducing the use of plastics and the number of new plastics across the business markets. This campaign has not started in a few years yet. It was started in 1994 with a small closed-loop of committee with a program to reduce plastics and reuse cloth and other eco-friendly products.
Aim:
It aims mainly in reusability than reducing because reusing can make less manufacturing of products. We can reuse bags, curtains, towels, and make cushions for pillows, car seats, etc. The campaign started by showcasing customers the reused products. The samples products to show reusability was displayed in Target stores. Another way of encouraging people was printing the How2Recycle Labels on product packages of owned-brands of Target stores.
- Target recycles all kinds of plastics bags. It collects all the plastic bags bought by customers. As the recycle bags are to be reused again, target collects only those which can be both recyclable and durable. The recycling bags can be bought at the nearest target store locations to help consumers dispose of recyclable glasses, bags, bottles, etc.
What type of plastics does target accept to recycle?
All plastics bags which are made with 40% recycled content are accepted at target. Customers can get their used plastic bags or which are not needed for them to be used. Target also offers 5 cent discount on every recyclable bag the customer deposit at its checkout.
Target encourages only cotton bags for its packages which are sustainable cotton only. It aimed to use so by 2022 are continuing the same for a healthy non-polluted Earth. In the view to contribute good to the society, on Earth Day, the target has aimed to use only to use cotton bags which are compostable, reusable, recyclable, and to recycle all the plastics by 2025.
What items can be recycled by target?
Target stores have great recycling stations for the customer at their nearest stores. Target has come forward for an eco-friendly environment to save Earth and recycle, reuse, reduce the products which pollute our land and ecosystem. In this process, the target has provided a schema for its customers to bring their useless products for recycling. These products are plastic bags, useless batteries, plastic beverage containers, tins, wrappers, and other recyclable materials. The target also recycles products that can be reused and resold from its store. Other vendors are also welcome to bring so. This leads to healthy well-being for humans, wildlife, and the ecosystem. Reusability can also be an important step as recyclability. Products that are not in use can be reused in the form of transforming that product into an alternate product that is useful.
Frequently Asked Questions
- In what way does plastic affect the ecosystem?
Ans. Plastic contains harmful chemicals which are released when they absorb with soil. When soil, land gets polluted the organisms and human being will be affected indirectly. This is because wildlife, species, humans drink water, eat food grown in soil. When we consume this food and water our health will be affected gradually.
- How are plastics recycled?
Ans. Plastics cause harm to human health and Earth species. The plastics can be reduced by stopping using them or recycling them. Plastics can be replaced with cloth bags, fabric material products, etc. We can recycle plastic by melting it and remolding it into another useful product.
- What are the benefits of recycling plastics?
Ans. Recycling plastic promotes a sustainable lifestyle. It consumes less energy and resources than compared to making a new plastic model. It saves soil efficiency and prevents soil pollution. It prevents soil pollution, air pollution, water pollution. It prevents animals and wildlife from eating plastic bags thrown in the trash, etc.
