Wash Soaps Environmentaly friendly?

[Mr Miyagi]

Clark County, in Washington State is conisering implementing a ban on washing of cars, boats, etc on the street/in driveway, etc.

Their logic is that the runnoff goes direclty to streams, and other downstream bodies.

So the quesiton is, are Meguiar's car wash products environmentally friendly?

They likely won't ticket anybody..but even if they do, there is no chance I will take my car to a automated carwash

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/washington_may_wipe_out_drivew.html

[Murr1525]

Re: Wash Soaps Environmentaly friendly?

The soap is safer than the oil/tar/grease/grime that is washed off.....

And all of the soaps are bio-degradable.

[the other pc]

Re: Wash Soaps Environmentaly friendly?

...So the quesiton is, are Meguiar's car wash products environmentally friendly?...

Sorry, there’s no such thing as a simple Yes/No answer to that question.

The environment is an incredibly complex system of interactions. Simple labels like good/bad, friendly/unfriendly just don’t apply.

Something that’s barely noticeable in one area can be devastating in another.

Something that’s helpful to the local environment in one place can be harmful in another. Or, it can be helpful at one time and harmful at another time in the very same place.

Rain is a good example. It’s absolutely necessary for life but as we can see right now in areas hit by hurricanes it can be terribly destructive (to both people and the environment) if you get too much at the wrong time.

On the opposite side we have fire. Around here, portions the ecosystem need fire to regenerate. But when it comes too often or at the wrong time those very same life forms that needed fire to survive can be destroyed forever.

A soap that’s biodegradable may break down into completely benign components in one environment (like in organically active soil) but might kill fish if allowed to run off into a sensitive stream or wetlands. It depends on the local ecology and the concentration of pollutants.

If your local ecosystems are getting hammered by urban runoff, eliminating car washing may or may not be only a small part of the overall problem. But the problem is caused by lots of little things stacking up into one big ugly thing. So the solution is to chip away at all the little things.


PC.

[gww35]

Re: Wash Soaps Environmentaly friendly?

Green is in and a wash mat will set you apart from the others.

[HemiMopar]

Re: Wash Soaps Environmentaly friendly?

We have an automatic car wash that is really pushing that "green" thing because they recycle and filter their water. I myself would never take my car to a car wash. I don't care how bad it hurts the enviroment as long as it cleans my car and won't hurt the finish in any way.

[VonLego]

Re: Wash Soaps Environmentaly friendly?

I live in clark county....

I thought my parents were playing a sick sick joke on me.

Fricken nanny state.

I'm washing my car at home for years to come.


.... wonder if folks with a water reclaimation system are going to be able to make big bucks with a car wash....