Employee participation at all levels has produced a greater commitment to waste reduction. Some stores have purchased ceramic mugs for office employees. Vendors are urged to reduce the amount of packing and packaging in their shipments. Rechargeable batteries have replaced disposable batteries at some stores. Offices avoid using heavy-weight paper.
Reports are copied on both sides to further reduce paper use.
Recycling Hudson's stores in Michigan recycle more than office paper. For example, individual stores recycle about 75 percent of old corrugated containers, and most locations recycle mixed paper and beverage containers. Hudson's also helps stimulate markets for recycled products by purchasing items with recycled content. Gift boxes, polyethylene shopping bags and white paper shopping bags. Hudson's realizes that without this type of market support, items collected for recycling may be diverted to rapidly filling landfills or incinerated.