Environmental Implications of Car Washing.

Environmental

Implications of Car

Washing

An analysis of the

environmental impacts and

regulations related to

vehicle washing in Brazil and around the worldThe Hidden

Problem

Excessive Consumption

Contamination

Hazardous Waste

Washing a single vehicle can

require hundreds of liters of

drinking water.

Water carries grease, solvents

and lubricating oil from car

parts into the environment.

Lubricating oil

contains acids

organic and heavy metals,

being classified by ABNT as

hazardous waste (NBR-

10004).