What are people’s approaches to washing cars? It seems the options are:
- Wash at home on grass (not an option for us)
- Wash at home on the driveway (technically allowed where I am, but pollutes the rivers, although may be OK if you can find an eco wash and wax product?)
- Go to an auto car wash (not too expensive, but likely to scratch up your car)
- Pay someone for a hand wash (costs hundreds)
I just washed our car on the driveway, and tried to minimise run-off going into storm water, but it didn’t work that well. Have found this product, but no idea if it’s any good, or greenwashing.
Any other ideas?
We just wash on the driveway once or twice a year!
Given that you are (rightly) concerned with run off, finding a suitable wash/detergent is key. Do note that all the pollutants you are washing off are still going somewhere and if they were not stuck to your car they’d be on the road and washed into stormwater anyway.
IMHO washing your car in an eco friendly manner is ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, all those pollutants are already in the environment. We’re just figuring out which mattress to stuff them under.