Sustainability
Unilever's flagship Recycling at Work Sustainable Grants Program donates sustainable, 100% recycled plastic (HDPE #2) lumber to National Parks, enabling them to address critical infrastructure concerns with sustainable solutions.
From a dock in Isle Royale National Park; a walkway over historic rice fields at Charles Pinkney National Historic Site to shade ramadas in Saguaro National Park, Unilever-donated sustainable lumber is at work in America's National Parks. It represents more than 15 million of Unilever's plastic household, personal care and food product containers recycled, rather than landfilled.
Perhaps the pinnacle of the Recycling at Work program is best seen in Yellowstone National Park where nearly 250,000 square feet of Unilever-donated lumber has replaced the wooden boardwalk systems around Old Faithful and Midway Geyser Basins.
2007 Unilever Recycling at Work Sustainable Grant Award Recipients:
Big Thicket National Preserve: $35,000
Replacement of boardwalk and viewing platform on Pitcher Plant Trail
Boston Harbor Islands: $21, 802
Sustainable plastic lumber boardwalks and tent platforms
Fort Pulaski National Monument: $12,000
Installation of boardwalk structures as well as benches and picnic tables
to be installed along trail leading to historic lighthouse
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park: $5,808.44
Construct accessible bridge on the Bernard Cabins Trail
Lake Mead National Recreation Area: $14,957.12
Alan Bible Visitor Center accessible interpretive deck
Yellowstone National Park
On-going project commitment