Reduce Your Environmental Impact

There are some places in Canada where transit is not available and a car is a necessity. By donating your 1995 or older vehicle and purchasing a 2004 or newer model, you are:

  • Producing up to 19 times less smog-forming emissions than previously
  • No longer included in the "one-quarter of the vehicles driven by Canadians who are responsible for half of the smog" category
  • Ensuring that the oil, gasoline, refrigerants, mercury switches and tires from your retired vehicle do not end up in our landfills, air or water supply

Canada is not the ideal place to ride a bike all year long. By donating your 1995 or older vehicle, using your bicycle on warmer days and taking transit on the colder ones, you are:

  • Saving between $525-$900 per month on vehicle operating costs
  • Losing up to 13 lbs your first year by riding your bike
  • Reducing smog-forming emissions

You may be in a situation where you live in an urban centre, walk to work and get around by transit, but still need a car for a few hours each week. By donating your 1995 or older vehicle and enrolling in a Car Share membership or renting a car, you could:

  • Always drive a new, well-maintained, potentially more fuel-efficient vehicle
  • Stop worrying about daily parking
  • Help to decrease over 1 tonne of CO2 emissions per year

If you live in an urban centre where transit is available, by donating your 1995 or older vehicle and buying a monthly transit pass, you could:

  • Save between $525 and $900 per month on vehicle operating costs
  • Receive a tax credit
  • Effectively take 40 vehicles off the road during rush hour, save 70,000 litres of fuel and reduce smog-forming pollutants by nine tonnes a year by taking a single bus ride