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With the Philadelphia Union's innovative, forward-thinking initiatives and Subaru's long history of environmentalism and zero landfill expertise, the Union, and Subaru of America have made Subaru Park the first zero landfill soccer stadium in Major League Soccer. To achieve this, Subaru Park reduces, reuses, and recycles more than 90% of its waste with the remaining waste converted to energy, thereby putting nothing into landfills since officially declaring zero-landfill status in 2021. By creating in-stadium messaging and an easy system for fans to sort their waste, Subaru and the Union cut the amount of waste each fan generated in half and increased the amount of waste fans recycle five-fold. Helping keep trash out of landfills is just another way Subaru of America lives up to its commitment to support the Philadelphia community through its partnership with the Philadelphia Union.  

With increased fan participation and support, within an average year, Subaru Park and the Union will divert approximately 357,480 pounds of waste from local landfills. To put this into perspective, this is equivalent to: 

To do this, we educate our spectators on how to sort their waste. To see how you can help continue our zero landfill mission when you attend a Union match, watch this video.

With the goal of creating the most sustainable environment for fans and the Philadelphia community, Subaru Park aims to grow good food and waste less. Subaru created the Garden for Good, the first organic garden at a Philadelphia professional sports stadium that grows fresh fruits and vegetables that are then donated to local Chester communities in need.  This garden, full of fresh produce, is cared for and maintained by the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society and Subaru employee volunteers. With the goal of providing fresh produce for donation to food banks in Chester and Philadelphia communities, this garden has harvested a total of 3,035 pounds or 12,000 servings of home-grown organic food for the Chester community. Over the next year, Subaru and the Union hope to donate over 25,400 servings of organic food and vegetables to Chester and Pennsylvania food banks. 

By bringing activities, equipment, and passion for the game of soccer to Philadelphia and the surrounding communities, Subaru and the Union are partnering to provide opportunities for everyone to experience the greatness of soccer. 

The Gear for Good initiative offers sports supplies and soccer equipment to Philadelphia communities that need it most. To date, over 700 items from Subaru and its retailers have been donated and distributed throughout the city, along with hundreds of hats and blankets at events like the City Team Chester Block Party.

Selected by local Subaru retailers, these individuals have made a difference in their community and are honored at Union games.  Winners recognized at Philadelphia Union games receive 4 suite tickets for the Subaru Suite as well as an authentic Union jersey with their name and number.