Subaru marks partnership with U.S.A's national parks

Subaru of America, Inc. and the U.S.A National Parks Conservation Association have marked the legacy of their collaboration and revealed its impact.

The firms have worked with the U.S.A's National Park Service and the National Park Foundation alongside various community partners to reduce the amount of waste that national parks send to landfills. Since its launch in 2015, the initiative is said to have helped eliminate 10 million kilograms of waste through reduction, recycling, composting, and a host of educational initiatives.

Support from Subaru has seen the installation of over 1,000 new bear-proof containers and nearly 30 water-filling stations across the U.S.A's national parks

The Don't Feed the Landfills initiative started with three pilot parks: The Denali National Park and Preserve, Grand Teton National Park, and Yosemite National Park. Subaru attributes the initiative's success and long-term impact to its collaborative community-based approach - a network of nearly 60 parks partners now support the effort, which is said to have changed how millions of visitors now experience America's national parks.

Subaru has supported the use of sustainable food packaging and reusable containers and aided standardisation of bin labelling to increase recycling participation in these parks, and has further provided a grant funding for parks to support engagement programmes and make infrastructure improvements the installation of over 1,000 new bear-proof containers and nearly 30 water-filling stations.

The Don't Feed the Landfills initiative is part of Subaru Loves the Earth, the automaker's environmentally focused philanthropic pillar of the Subaru Love Promise. Subaru states it will continue to provide funding to enhance and improve environmental stewardship efforts across the U.S.A's national park system in 2024 and beyond.