Target still struggles to lower virgin plastic use by 2025 deadline
While the retailer made some progress toward its goal to reduce virgin plastic use in its own-brand packaging by 20% by 2025, it’s still using more — not less — than the 2020 baseline.
Target made some progress on its 2025 packaging sustainability goals to reduce virgin plastic use and to make its own-brand packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable — but it’s still far behind pace to meet those goals by the deadline, based on data in the retailer’s newly released sustainability report. Meanwhile, the company held steady in its progress toward a goal to increase postconsumer recycled material use.
Target has a commitment to reduce the volume of virgin plastic it uses in its own-brand packaging — only in the food, beverage, essentials and beauty categories — by 20% by 2025, against a 2020 adjusted baseline of 38,600 metric tons. The company currently still uses more virgin plastic than the 2020 baseline as opposed to reducing the level below baseline. The new report covers the fiscal year 2023 that ended Feb. 3, 2024.
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