| The rise in popularity of the hand car wash | | | | have a nationwide problem." |
| has seen a dramatic increase in water use and | | | | |
| a negative effect on the environment. Yet Car | | | | However, if this is the only employment |
| Park Valeting have found an eco friendly | | | | option open to you, the effect on the |
| answer. | | | | environment may be the least of your worries. |
| | | | Many workers in this type of business are |
| There seems to be a thriving business in | | | | immigrants from poorer European countries who |
| every disused petrol station and every | | | | have to work long and hard to survive. |
| crumbling building. | | | | Unfortunately very few of these car washers |
| | | | fully understand our waste water regulations |
| Dirty signs and boards on every street corner | | | | and the need for the correct drainage |
| with faded red letters screaming | | | | solutions for our most precious commodity. |
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| "HAND CAR WASH £3 NEXT LEFT." | | | | "We know that we can help" says Alan. "We |
| | | | have created a professional and accredited |
| Driving past you can see half a dozen | | | | hand car wash service which is designed to be |
| hardworking guys trying desperately to keep | | | | great for the car, our workers and the |
| up with the demand for this cut price | | | | environment, especially since we have |
| service. It's the weekend and a line of cars | | | | incorporated our new green waterless cleaning |
| has formed, all with their engines running, | | | | system on many sites. We want to offer all |
| waiting to be cleaned. | | | | the current hand car wash operations our help |
| | | | and expertise, to build a business the |
| Some say it's entrepreneurial and many take | | | | correct and eco friendly way." |
| advantage, but what harm is this service | | | | |
| really doing to our environment? | | | | By using a trade secret formula, Car Park |
| | | | Valeting technicians simply spray, wipe, |
| In todays society, with councils, politicians | | | | clean all the dirty cars, leaving the |
| and presenters bombarding us with the need to | | | | paintwork unmarked and with a polished and |
| be green in everything we do, maybe it is | | | | protected finish. As they use a waterless or |
| time to see past the cut-price and beyond the | | | | 1 litre wash system, they leave no run off |
| bargain and start thinking of the environment | | | | residue, simply taking the wash away with |
| when making the most routine of decisions. | | | | them. It really has to be seen to be |
| | | | believed. |
| We are recycling more, eating organically and | | | | |
| using green alternatives to transport, gas | | | | But surely for the customer, this kind of |
| and electric. But can changing the way we | | | | service is much more expensive than a |
| wash our cars really help save the planet? | | | | standard hand car wash? |
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| "Roughly speaking, if a hand car wash | | | | "Admittedly, we will struggle to clean a car |
| operation cleans 50 cars a day without the | | | | for £3," said Alan. "Yet our system |
| correct drainage solutions, they'll discharge | | | | creates a protective and polished barrier on |
| around 910000 litres of water a year into the | | | | the car, therefore the paintwork will stay |
| overloaded storm drains" says Alan Wildman, | | | | cleaner for longer. This gives the customer |
| Head of Operations for Car Park Valeting, the | | | | extra value for money when using a CPV hand |
| UK's largest car valeting franchise. | | | | car wash." |
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| "The waste water mixed with the grease and | | | | By combining a waterless system into hand car |
| grime from the cars, flows down the drains | | | | wash and car park operations around the |
| which has a very negative effect on our | | | | country, Car Park Valeting could really make |
| rivers and streams" he continued. "If you can | | | | a difference to the way in which we clean our |
| imagine this is happening all day, everyday, | | | | cars in the 21st century. |
| on every busy road in the country, then we | | | | |