When washing your vehicle at home on a hard surface like a driveway, pollutants from your vehicle enter directly into waterways causing damage to our marine ecosystems.
It is estimated that between 6 and 11.6 Gigaliters of contaminated waste water is being directed into our storm water systems across Australia as a result of uncontrolled vehicle washing on hard surfaces (passenger vehicles only, excluding commercial and other vehicles)1.
Wash your car on grass or gravel instead of the driveway or street, or better yet, take your vehicle to a car wash where the waste water gets treated and recycled.
1 Download the Stormwater Paper from the Australian Car Wash Association. This paper is an easy to read summary of why allowing vehicle washing runoff into our waterways is a terrible idea.