Friday, March 13, 2015

Good morning,

It got up to 60 degrees today. It won't be long before people start washing their cars regularly again.

If you are one of the millions of drivers who wash their cars at home instead of springing the eight or nine bucks to go to a car wash, you might want to employ this simple tip to reduce water waste and water pollutions.

Thanks for reading,

Your Living Green editor

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* Wash your car on the grass.

This will give the grass a drink, the soil will help to break down impurities and prevent the water from entering storm water drains and winding up in local waterways. Some of the chemicals in car wash detergents are nutrients for algae; so this water getting into waterways can add to algae bloom and eutrophication problems.