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To continue reducing our impact on the environment, Best Buy is building a more sustainable supply chain by expanding our zero-waste efforts.

As part of those efforts, we’re proud to share that six new supply chain facilities have earned TRUE certification for zero waste this year—bringing us closer to our goal of certifying all supply chain locations as zero waste by 2025. That means each building diverts more than 90% of its waste from landfills. A total of 20 Best Buy supply chain facilities have earned TRUE certification for zero waste—which brings us to 69% of facilities that have been certified.

We’re proud to recognize our six supply chain facilities that have achieved this important milestone in 2024 so far:

  • Bellingham, Washington
  • Bloomington, Minnesota
  • Bolingbrook, Illinois
  • Flower Mound, Texas
  • Missouri City, Texas
  • Piscataway, New Jersey

TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) is a designation from Green Business Certification Inc., the organization behind the widely used LEED green building rating system. The TRUE program helps organizations define, pursue and achieve zero-waste goals.  

Waste reduction is an important part of our environmental efforts. We aim to achieve 85% waste diversion across Best Buy’s U.S. operations by 2025. Last year, we reached 67% waste diversion.

Zero waste is a team effort

To reach zero-waste certification at our supply chain facilities, groups of dedicated employees came together to form “green teams.” They led the charge in launching several new waste initiatives, including the implementation of color-coded containers and labels throughout the office, lunchroom and warehouse to help employees recycle. Now, there are green teams in all Best Buy supply chain locations.

In addition to reducing waste in our operations, we are working toward becoming carbon neutral by 2040 and have lowered our emissions 69% since 2009.

Read more about Best Buy’s environmental sustainability efforts.Â