WalMart - the land mass of Tampa Florida these stores and... Hobie O’Connor Wal-Mart’s Environmental Impact on the Globe As Wal-Mart nears seven thousand stores in more than sixteen countries their environmental impact on the world increases exponentially. Wal-Mart’s massive size and voracious growth mean that Wal-Mart needs a global plan to turn its machine towards a green ending. After numerous cover up’s and scandals Wal-Mart’s true colors were exposed. Water pollution, electrical waste, hazardous materials, and it’s blind eye to build on historical and endangered places are a few topics that Wal-Mart has had to speak about in recent rallies against them. In 2005 Wal-Mart paid the world’s largest fine for water pollution. In America alone Wal-Mart stores cover one hundred and seventeen square miles of land (equal to Unformatted text preview: the land mass of Tampa Florida), these stores and parking lots contribute directly to what is referred to as “non-point source water pollution”. This is the leading cause of water pollution in the world. In 2005 Wal-Mart had to pay upwards of $5.5 million dollars in fines to four states for “non-point source water pollution”(8/1/05; Forbes). In other countries Wal-Mart has been accused of dumping waste into rivers and bays. In the United States Wal-Mart has tried to take steps to clean up their waste but in other countries where fines, and laws are not in place Wal-Mart has turned a blind eye to the problem. Currently China is cracking down on Wal-Mart facilities are has stated that Wal-Mart must clean up their act or face harsh punishment in the near future....
[null, null, null, null, {"document_url": "https://www.coursehero.com/file/20715/WalMart/", "unformatted_src": "/thumb/2a/44/2a443df05e752de2a6e1ffa0eb119d9b28181e29.jpg", "src": "https://www.coursehero.com/thumb/2a/44/2a443df05e752de2a6e1ffa0eb119d9b28181e29.jpg", "formatted_filename": "a df e de a e ffa eb d b e"}, null, null, {"document_url": "https://www.coursehero.com/file/20715/WalMart/", "unformatted_src": "/thumb/9c/0d/9c0d8748ce9ddd19a0fd80d3ffe2cbb9e0d752c1_180.jpg", "src": "https://www.coursehero.com/thumb/9c/0d/9c0d8748ce9ddd19a0fd80d3ffe2cbb9e0d752c1_180.jpg", "formatted_filename": "c d ce ddd a fd d ffe cbb e d c", "alt_text": "262640006-wal-mart-case_2"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.coursehero.com/file/20715/WalMart/", "unformatted_src": "/thumb/5a/e6/5ae62f7dbe8d8c0e52af0d175ae00b7bb199f8a6_180.jpg", "src": "https://www.coursehero.com/thumb/5a/e6/5ae62f7dbe8d8c0e52af0d175ae00b7bb199f8a6_180.jpg", "formatted_filename": "ae f dbe d c e af d ae b bb f a", "alt_text": "20170218 Session 3 Case - [021817-Session 3] Case#2 Case Wal-mart Did Wal-Mart Wake Up"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.coursehero.com/file/20715/WalMart/", "unformatted_src": "/thumb/20/2c/202cef46b82abe8656cb4ea9e1799eee1e849512_180.jpg", "src": "https://www.coursehero.com/thumb/20/2c/202cef46b82abe8656cb4ea9e1799eee1e849512_180.jpg", "formatted_filename": "cef b abe cb ea e eee e", "alt_text": "Wal_Mart_CaseStudy"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.coursehero.com/file/20715/WalMart/", "unformatted_src": "/thumb/8b/dd/8bdda8b14650df71e5a2b1623d10e483775b6072_180.jpg", "src": "https://www.coursehero.com/thumb/8b/dd/8bdda8b14650df71e5a2b1623d10e483775b6072_180.jpg", "formatted_filename": "bdda b df e a b d e b", "alt_text": "Wal_Mart_CaseStudy"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.coursehero.com/file/20715/WalMart/", "unformatted_src": "/thumb/be/31/be31d35b3ed0ee7fd2b1e8d4b5177f475ed3ec77_180.jpg", "src": "https://www.coursehero.com/thumb/be/31/be31d35b3ed0ee7fd2b1e8d4b5177f475ed3ec77_180.jpg", "formatted_filename": "be d b ed ee fd b e d b f ed ec", "alt_text": "Wal-mart%20Watch%20--%20sustainability%20copy"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.coursehero.com/file/20715/WalMart/", "unformatted_src": "/thumb/a4/9d/a49d008963f7c5e0d5e30c14a4ba0479634576f0_180.jpg", "src": "https://www.coursehero.com/thumb/a4/9d/a49d008963f7c5e0d5e30c14a4ba0479634576f0_180.jpg", "formatted_filename": "a d f c e d e c a ba f", "alt_text": "Review of Basic Marketing Text"}, null]