<p><strong>Boise, ID</strong> - Four Albertsons stores in the greater Seattle area have achieved an important environmental sustainability accomplishment in the company's mission to attain zero waste classification, according to a press release. Albertsons, part of the SUPERVALU family of grocery stores, is boasting four locations that have reached a waste diversion rate from local landfills of over 90 percent. These Albertsons stores are - Kirkland/Juanita, Milton, Mountlake Terrace and Woodinville. The efforts have paid off, with the stores touting a combined 2.6 million pounds of waste diverted annually from landfills. These stores were audited by SUPERVALU’s sustainability team and certified as possessing a total waste diversion rate of more than 90 percent.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “SUPERVALU and Albertsons remain fully committed to being an industry leader in the area of environmental sustainability,” said Pete Pearson, SUPERVALU’s director of sustainability & national accounts. “Our ultimate goal is to move all of our stores toward zero waste, a long-term journey that starts with individual stores like these. The milestone achievement in these stores is something our company, store associates and, most of all, our customers, can be extremely proud of as we continue our sustainability efforts.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>www.albertsons.com</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
