Best Buy Fiscal Year 2022 ESG Report | 15 Waste reduction continues to be an important facet of our environmental strategy, and we’ve set a goal to achieve 85% waste diversion across our U.S. operations by 2025 . We partner with a B Corp-certified software provider to use technology and analytics to improve our waste diversion. We have increased our waste diversion by 7% since FY19, bringing it up to 72%. In FY22, our supply chain facility in Chino, California, was the first location to achieve TRUE certification for zero waste. A TRUE project’s goal is to reduce the amount of waste generated and divert all solid waste from the landfill, incineration (waste-to-energy) and into beneficial re-use and recycling programs. Facilities achieve certification by meeting rigorous program requirements administered by Green Business Certification Inc. In FY23, we are expanding our TRUE certification into more Best Buy supply chain facilities. We continue to invest in new equipment to drive up the recycling rates in our locations. We added 34 new cardboard balers in FY22 to further improve our waste-diversion capabilities. In addition to balers, our supply chain locations use polystyrene densifiers, which break apart and condense polystyrene into cubes, taking up less room on trucks. Waste reduction .
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