Cause: Pollution From Auto Manufacturing

Solution: A Zero Landfill Waste Subaru Plant

I have a Subaru. It is the official car of Seattle, I think, which makes it a tad troublesome when I have to find it in a parking lot. Its overwhelming popularity here (along with overwhelming road noise and not-so-great gas mileage) had me thinking that I wouldn't get another Subaru. I am rethinking that thought. In the quest for an environmentally friendly auto, it's easy to forget about the impact of manufacturing. Everyone pays attention to gas-mileage, which is great, but there is an enormous amount of waste in the production and destruction of cars.

Subaru may be leading the charge in solving that problem with a plant that sends NO WASTE to landfills. From their Website:

The Subaru Clean Plant

Consider this: When you carry out your trash at home on the next collection day, you'll be sending more trash to landfills than the entire Subaru manufacturing plant in Lafayette, Indiana (SIA). The Subaru plant was the first auto assembly plant to achieve zero landfill status - nothing from its manufacturing efforts goes into a landfill. It's all reused and recycled.

* In 2006, SIA was awarded the U.S. EPA's Gold Achievement Award as a top achiever in the agency's WasteWise program to reduce waste and improve recycling.
* In 2004, SIA became the first U.S. manufacturing facility to reach zero landfill status.
* In 2003, SIA became the first U.S. automotive assembly plant to be designated a wildlife habitat. Deer, coyotes, beavers, blue herons, geese, and other animals live there in peaceful coexistence with the Subaru plant. It's our commitment to leave as small a footprint as possible, delivering real-world benefits that everyone can enjoy.
* In 2002, SIA became the first auto assembly plant in the U.S. with an on-site solvent recovery system that produces dry still bottoms.
* In 1998, SIA was the first auto assembly plant in the U.S. to be ISO 14001 Certified.
* In 1994, SIA was also the first auto assembly plant in the U.S. to be smoke free.
* Each year, SIA actively recycles 99.3% of excess/leftover steel, plastic, wood, paper, glass, and other materials. The remaining 0.7% is shipped to the city of Indianapolis and incinerated to help generate steam.

Huh. Okay, maybe I ought to give them a try - this is the kind of Just Business I would definitely support!