Environmental Issues

Commercial carwashes and car care facilities have numerous environmental concerns, and establishing green business practices is not only an operations solution but a smart marketing strategy. Eco-friendly best practices may include water reclamation or water recycling, wastewater management, high-pressure nozzles, environmentally friendly chemicals, recycled building materials and energy conservation, such as the use of efficient lighting, used-oil heaters and burners, solar energy, wind power and variable frequency drives.

  • County Officials Launch Earth-friendly Carwash Campaign
    Officials in Pierce County, Wash., are launching a campaign this month to promote earth-friendly carwash techniques, including free use of the county’s six charity carwash kits, which divert wastewater from entering storm drains, according to a report by the The News ...More
    August 11, 2009
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • Some Pa. Residents Asked to Curtail Carwashing
    The Northern Cambria, Pa., Municipal Authority has issued voluntary water restrictions for its customers, including carwashing. Other restrictions include filling pools and watering lawns and gardens. The voluntary restrictions are being implemented to ease diminished water ...More
    August 7, 2009
    Posted in News, Operations
  • City Study Shows Dangers of Residential Carwashing
    Residents of Federal Way, Wash., who wash their cars on impervious surfaces without properly disposing wastewater can significantly pollute surrounding waterways and the Puget Sound, according to a local study released in July by the city’s Surface Water Management ...More
    August 3, 2009
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • Tennessee Carwash to Add Solar Panels
    The future is now for carwash owner Karl Peters who has decided to invest in solar energy for his White Bridge Auto Wash in Nashville, Tenn. The carwash will have solar panels installed on its roof in a few weeks. ...More
    July 30, 2009
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • Home Carwashing Ban Creates Opportunity for Operators
    Capitalizing on new restrictions that ban home carwashing, Bevin and Dorothy Mastrosavas plan to open a car and truck wash in Ceduna, Australia, by Christmas, according to a report by the West Coast Sentinel. The carwash will be the first in the West Coast region of South ...More
    July 28, 2009
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Eco Express Car Wash Taps Wind Power
    Eco Express Car Wash in Oklahoma City, Okla., has erected a wind turbine to provide clean energy and assist with power consumption. The Windspire turbine is 30 feet tall, propeller free, and uses a vertical axis designed to harness wind power in urban, suburban and rural ...More
    July 23, 2009
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • Australia's Hand Wash Café Innovates Down Under
    When it comes to innovation, the United States apparently doesn’t have the market cornered on creative carwashing. As one example, there is a small-but-growing chain of hand carwashes in Australia that has creatively applied technology to reduce its operating costs while ...More
    July 23, 2009 Steve Okun
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • Autobell Opens Third Atlanta-area Carwash
    Autobell Car Wash has opened a facility in Acworth, Ga., the privately owned chain’s third in the Atlanta metropolitan area and 56th location overall. Jason Torres was named store manager. Autobell’s other Atlanta-area washes are in Suwanee and Mableton. ...More
    July 22, 2009
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • Conserving Water Beyond the Wash Process
    When it comes to water conservation and reducing the amount of water used by their facilities, carwash owners and operators should look beyond their wash process and consider how water is used inside their facilities, including staff areas, customer waiting rooms and ...More
    July 22, 2009 Klaus Reichardt
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • Developer of AquaMizer Carwash Recycling System Dies
    Robert Lee Harvey, director of engineering and support for Hydro Management Systems (HMS), died last month at the age of 51. A chemical engineer with more than 25 years experience designing, fabricating, installing and permitting industrial water treatment and recycling ...More
    July 21, 2009
    Posted in News, Operations
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