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Sweet, sweet monopsony
Wal-Mart is giving its electronics suppliers a scorecard on which they can rate their products on green qualities like durability and ease of recycling. That's tricky, of course, given the lack of a national standards for such things -- so it's pushing for that, too. Given Wal-Mart's size, I won't be surprised if it single-handedly forces the issue.
But still, um, evil bad awful satan!
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sindark Posted 11:49 pm
13 Jan 2008
a sibilant intake of breath
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