| The "in" thing these days is being green. Cars are | | | | nastiest things you can do for the environment. Sure |
| going electric, fast food has left styro and even | | | | you can think of creative ways to gather and |
| books have gone paperless. The general population | | | | dispose of the waste water properly. But it is never |
| has really grasped the ecological nightmare that we | | | | going to be practical because you can waste around |
| have created these past centuries. | | | | 100 gallons of water per wash. |
| The earth needs to be saved and people are | | | | With half of America's streams classified as polluted |
| responding. If you look for recycled paper or would | | | | we should pause and think about what we push into |
| rather use recycled paper cups then don't you think | | | | our storm drains. Storm drains do not go through a |
| you should also go green when it comes to cleaning | | | | centralized treatment facility and instead go directly |
| your car? Read on to find out how you can help | | | | to lakes, rivers and streams. |
| save the environment through proper car washing. | | | | Use Biodegradable Car Care Products |
| Avoid Commercial Car Washes | | | | More and more car care products carry an |
| Automatic car washes dump huge amounts of waste | | | | environment friendly tag nowadays. In fact it will be |
| water to our systems. Although they are treated | | | | very hard to find places where you won't find them. |
| they still pose as a threat to the future of our planet. | | | | This is a far cry from a long time ago where asking |
| Their days of novelty and convenience have gone | | | | for a biodegradable car shampoo will get you labeled |
| with the advent of new age products meant to help | | | | as a "green terrorist." |
| you clean your car faster than a commercial car | | | | Caring for our home planet, Earth, has never been |
| wash. | | | | easier with the widespread availability of information |
| If you can't help it, try to use them sparingly as they | | | | and products. We live in a generation of |
| use industrial grade detergents that remove your | | | | eco-conscious people and we should play our part in |
| car's dirt with brute force. Not all car washes are | | | | protecting our environment no matter how |
| created equal though, try and look for commercial car | | | | insignificant it may seem. If everyone played their |
| washes which pride themselves with being "green." | | | | little roles in tasks like eco-friendly car washing then |
| Ditch the Hose and Buckets | | | | we might be able to reverse the damage we've |
| Washing your car with a hose and car shampoo and | | | | done on our planet. |
| having the waste go into storm drains is one of the | | | | |