There are different definitions and perceptions of what makes a product “green”.
TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Treehugger.com’s definition: “A green product or service is one that is both environmentally and socially responsible. That is, they are accountable to, and respectful of, the places and people that provide and use them”. You can read more at treehugger.com.
Green.yahoo.com states that being green must include; saving energy, conserving water, protecting natural resources, contributing to a healthy environment, and reducing the impact on the community.
What makes our products “green”?
Half of the answer is our safe ingredients and the other half is the waterless cleaning concept based on our products…and products similar to ours.
The Freedom Waterless Car Care products are water-based. Since they are water-based, they can be used on a wet or dry surface . Many of our competition have products that are oil, mineral spirits, or kerosene based. How can that be “green”?
Our products contain natural ingredients such as carnauba and montan waxes, non abrasive pumice and coconut-based soaps. They contain no hazardous ingredients, smell great and are very easy to use. The performance is touted as unmatched in the industry, but we would like our customers to be the final judge.
The EPA states that cleaning a vehicle using soap and a water hose, can waste up to 116 gallons of water per car wash. The dirt and grime stuck to an automobile’s exterior surface can be a combination of soils, oils, grease and other compounds. The dirty soap and excess water runoff can contaminate local waterways, neighborhood soils and commercial locations. Most cities require commercial locations to use an oil-water separator to filter the when cleaning their fleet vehicles on their premise. An automatic car wash uses about 40 gallons per car wash, wastes vast amount of energy and requires an oil/ water separator. They have been known to scratch and damage the exterior surface of cars.
The “waterless” cleaning concept is truly (Green). It conserves precious water, protects the local natural resources and has little to no effect on the environment/ community. We would like to add that it can be applied virtually anywhere/ anytime, smells great, performs as described and is very easy to use.
How does it do this?
When you clean with Freedom Waterless Car Wash, you spray the product on the surface, and it instantly dissolves the soils. You gently rub/cleans it using a soft, microfiber towel. This first microfiber towel lifts away and absorbs the liquefied soils from the surface without scratching the paint. The second microfiber towel is used to buff the remaining residue into a brilliant shine with little effort. The contaminated/ soiled microfiber towels are easily cleaned in an automatic washing machine. The towels can be used and then cleaned hundreds of times. The soils & oils taken out of the towels by the washing machine is filtered out by the sanitary system and is not released into the environment.
- No massive amounts of water wasted
- No impact on the environment
- No contamination of the water ways, soils or the cleaning locations.
The process of cleaning the vehicle with a waterless product is “people” powered, not machine powered. This saves energy and other natural & man-made resources.
After cleaning your vehicle, the slick/ non-stick surface will stay clean for a long period of time, thus requiring less cleaning per month. This saves time, money and effort while giving your vehicle a clean image for weeks.
In summary; Cleaning with Freedom Waterless Car Wash products are considered “green” because of its safe/ non-hazardous properties and the concept/ method of cleaning.
