Making mobile detailing a legit eco friendly business

[Superior Fine]

Originally Posted by Scottwax

I'd drink from my ONR bucket. Might not taste good but I know it won't kill me.

What bugs me about all this waste water stuff is that every time it rains, all the crap that has dripped off cars since the last rain runs into the storm sewers. Oil, antifreeze, ATF, axle grease and whatever litter has been tossed into the roads. So far, I don't see any regulations addressing that, IMO, much larger issue.

I couldnt agree with you more Scott.

Green is IN now and I do it to do my part (even if efforts are microscopic in size compared to lager issues) and to put the other green (the one I like) in my pocket.

Also, allot got their panties in a bunch over water reclamation. Like it or not - It is the LAW. I decided along time ago to stop b!tching about it, got compliant and went back to making money.

[Banacheq]

Originally Posted by Scottwax

I'd drink from my ONR bucket. Might not taste good but I know it won't kill me.

What bugs me about all this waste water stuff is that every time it rains, all the crap that has dripped off cars since the last rain runs into the storm sewers. Oil, antifreeze, ATF, axle grease and whatever litter has been tossed into the roads. So far, I don't see any regulations addressing that, IMO, much larger issue.

You read my mind, Scott.

[MCWD]

That is a valid point that you make Scott

[reparebrise]

Yes valid point Scott, that said have you ever been able to remove grease with low pressure water alone? While the oils and grease are part of the issue, soap residues are a very large issue, and one that our lakes and rivers are suffering from.

Like Joe said, go green, it will make your life easier, more profitable, and almost trendy.

[Scottwax]

Originally Posted by reparebrise

Yes valid point Scott, that said have you ever been able to remove grease with low pressure water alone? While the oils and grease are part of the issue, soap residues are a very large issue, and one that our lakes and rivers are suffering from.

Like Joe said, go green, it will make your life easier, more profitable, and almost trendy.

I bet antifreeze running down the storm drains is at least as big an issue. Doesn't take ingesting much of it to kill an animal or a person.

I use ONR and all my detailing products are VOC compliant. Plus my car gets better mileage than the typical van or truck most detailers use. I already do more than my part. I just think that in their efforts to "do something", our goverment borders on the ridiculous at times. They focus on minutia and ignore the bigger picture.

[Relaited]

I spend a lot of time with government agencies. They do not have a high opinion of our industry.

What if the industry itself self regulated. What if the industry came together and said, hey, wait a minute, if we let the government come in and "clean up" our industry, then they will kill mosquitoes with an elephant gun ... we had better do it ourselves ...

Oh, wait a second ... this is the Detailing Industry ... and that will never ever happen!

So it is by our lack of action that this will occur!

Maybe some could join the IDA, pay only $50 and petition the leadership to put these environmental compliance issues on the front burner ... I am tired, and have given up on that.

I simply suggest that one should not blame the government, and would encourage self examination of the individual and the industry.

-jim


PS In some regards, I am starting to get comfortable with this. It renders my competition irrelevant, and makes it very easy to rapidly expand my locaitons.