TRUTH OR TRASH
Using a commercial car wash is more environmentally friendly than washing your car by hand.
TRUTHUsing a commercial car wash is more environmentally friendly than washing your car by hand.
The eco-issues related to car washing involve water consumption and water pollution.
On average, full-service car washes use between 8 and 45 gallons of water per vehicle. The average home wash with a hose and bucket can use more than 100 gallons.
Many commercial car washes limit their water usage by recycling rinse water. They minimize pollution by either treating water onsite, or pumping wastewater into the sewage system where it’s treated downstream.
Washing your car in the driveway or on your lawn can consume over ten times more water than would be used at a commercial car wash. Home washes also result in huge amounts of dirty, grimy, soapy water pouring into the gutter and down a storm drain.
Storm drain water is not treated. So any chemicals in your car wash run-off have a good chance of entering some local river, lake, or ocean where they can injure fish or other aquatic species.
No comments:
Post a Comment