The Challenge to Camp and Make No Trash
Originally published by National Park Quest
I watched Andres pocket a granola bar wrapper as we drove along the highway recently. “You know we can’t have those on our quest, right?” I asked, feeling more skeptical than ever. We live in a culture of throw-away this, throw-away that, and our initiative to live nearly trash-free on this quest will be a huge challenge. Yes, that’s right.
An added layer of the journey is to live with less, including producing less waste. This came about after learning of Americans who live without producing physical garbage in their household (Trash is for Tossers and Zero Waste Home). Then we saw the Subaru video below outlining their efforts to help National Parks transition to zero-landfill parks. Trash in the parks has become a huge problem. Subaru is a premier partner of the Park Service and we felt inspired by their efforts to support the parks.
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