SASKATOON – The Parking and Transportation Services department at the University of Saskatchewan has signed up to Meters for Trees, a tree planting initiative from PayByPhone, the global leader in mobile parking payments.
The University of Saskatchewan is the first Canadian organization to sign up to Meters for Trees.
“Meters for Trees is a meaningful and easy way for us to move toward an eco-friendlier future,” Dwayne Kawchuk, manager for Parking and Transportation Services, University of Saskatchewan, says.
“By encouraging mobile parking payments, we ensure we are not only addressing local air quality but also supporting our own environment goals through local tree planting.”
PayByPhone, the parking payments provider for the University since 2018 across its campus locations, first launched Meters for Trees in the UK in 2019, as part of its broader environmental campaigns including Green December. These initiatives help forward-thinking cities, universities, and parking operators reduce their costly parking hardware as they opt for a mobile app-based parking service. Over the past five years, PayByPhone’s environmental campaigns have collectively planted more than 225,000 trees globally.
Under the terms of Meters for Trees, PayByPhone will plant one tree for every multi-space pay station and for every 10 single-space parking meters removed at the University of Saskatchewan, totalling 50 trees, in 2025.
“Welcoming the University of Saskatchewan, the first Canadian organization, to Meters for Trees, is a meaningful step toward building a greener tomorrow,” Carmen Donnell, managing director North America for PayByPhone, says.
“We’re proud to work alongside partners who share our vision of sustainability and environmental stewardship, making it easy for parking operators to contribute to reforestation efforts.”
For more information about Meters for Trees, please visit http://www.paybyphone.com/parking-operators/meters-for-trees
