Monday, November 15, 2010 Bridgestone Bandag earns conservation award
 Last summer, Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, replaced 15 acres of turf grass with native landscapes at the company’s Muscatine, Iowa, facilities. That action has won the company a “Wildlife at Work” certification from the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC).
The Muscatine facilities now have a total of 25 acres of native landscapes. The native plants do not depend on water, fertilization or mowing and will save BBTS more than $100,000 annually while creating a habitat for native plant and animal wildlife species.
The BBTS Muscatine Native Landscapes Project is the 10th Bridgestone Americas habitat initiative to receive certification from the Wildlife Habitat Council. Each of these efforts is a part of “One Team, One Planet,” a global environmental initiative of Bridgestone Corp., Bridgestone Americas and each of its subsidiaries, including BBTS.
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