Executives from Publix, Rooms To Go and Bealls share recycling efforts

Even some of the biggest companies in the region need a nudge now and then to improve on an initiative that's been a corporate mainstay for decades: recycling. 

Executives at three of those companies —Bealls Inc., Rooms to Go and Publix — chatted about recycling recently at a Florida Recycling Partnership workshop held at Bealls corporate headquarters in Bradenton. Combined, the three companies did nearly $40 billion in sales in 2017 ($34 billion at Publix) and are among the 25 largest companies in the Business Observer's 2018 Top 500.