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444 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL MACHINERY INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING

The Subaru plant in Indiana sends nothing to a landfill. That means, if this book was
printed and not recycled, it would result in more trash sent to landfills than the entire
Subaru manufacturing operations. The Subaru plant was the first U.S. auto plant to
achieve zero landfill status, with all its waste being either reused, recycled, or converted
to electricity for the city of Indianapolis.
The Subaru plant is also a designated backyard wildlife habitat. Deer, coyotes,
beavers, blue herons, geese, rabbits, squirrels, meadowlarks, ducks, and other animals
live there in peaceful coexistence with the Subaru plant.
Just last year, Subaru 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.
Subaru also manufactures PZEV (partial zero emission vehicles) certified Legacy,
Outback, and Forester models, available for sale anywhere in the United States. The
PZEV-certified, normally aspirated, Subaru Legacy, Outback, and Forester models are
SmartWay certified by the EPA. To date, Subaru has sold 100,000 Subaru PZEV vehi-
cles, which have 90 percent cleaner emissions than the average new vehicle.
PZEV vehicles are the cleanest gasoline vehicles available today and they meet
emissions standards that are sometimes even cleaner than some hybrid or alternative
fuel vehicles. These vehicles have such tight pollution controls, with the burning of
fuel so complete, that in very smoggy urban areas, exhaust out of the tailpipe can actu-
ally be cleaner than the air outside. For more information visit www.epa.gov.