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Digital Editor Dollar General will explore viable solutions resulting from the Beyond the Bag Challenge that can align with the operations of existing stores and customer needs. Striving to lessen its impact on the environment, Dollar General Corp. (DG) has joined the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag as its value sector lead partner. The consortium, through its Beyond the Bag Initiative, aims to identify, test and implement viable design solutions that can more sustainably serve the purpose of the current plastic retail bag. Approximately 100 billion single-use plas...

Digital Editor Albertsons has joined the Beyond the Bag Initiative, complementing the plastic reduction efforts already underway at its stores. Adding to its current efforts to reduce waste, Albertsons Cos. has now also joined the Beyond the Bag Initiative to replace single-use retail plastic bags. Beyond the Bag, launched by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, is a multiyear collaboration across retail sectors that aims to identify, test and implement innovative design solutions that serve the function of today’s single-use plastic retail bag, delivering ease a...