Biodegradable soap needs soil to break down - don't wash your vehicles on pavement
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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| Graphic courtesy City of Shoreline |
When biodegradable car wash soap flows into the street and storm drains, it harms fish and other aquatic life in our streams.
Use a commercial car wash such as Brown Bear to keep soap, grease, and dirt out of our streams.
There is a full service Brown Bear in Shoreline at 16032 Aurora Ave N, with a tunnel wash and a self-service car wash.
All the water is recycled and none of the soap goes in the drain.
Brown Bear is a local company that gives back to the community.
Other Brown Bear locations:
- Self-service 1513 NE 145th St, Seattle, WA 98155 - 145th and 15th
- Tunnel 14312 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98125
- Self-service 12506 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125 - Pinehurst neighborhood of Seattle.
At the very least, park your car on the lawn to wash it so the soapy water is filtered through the soil.
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It is $12 per vehicle now for the least expensive wash (Beary Clean) at Brown Bear 16032 Aurora Ave N. Shoreline. Add in 10.6% Shoreline Sales Tax and the total is $12.72. A 16 oz bottle of Zip Wax Turtle Wax is $6.99 at Ace Hardware and $5.97 at Walmart. It takes 2 tablespoons of Zip Wax Turtle Wax and about one gallon of water to wash TWO sedan non compact vehicles. I know so as I washed them yesterday. They were not lightly dirty, they were very dirty as in 3 months ago were washed. And STILL there was enough sudsy Zip Wax left in the pail that could have washed ANOTHER vehicle if I
had one to do. For $6.99 you will get 16 washes. If you are conservative or if there are alot of sudds left after washing two non-compact sedans, you will have yourself 32 washes for $6.99 for TWO Vehicles. If you look on the Zip Wax Turtle Wax website, they are a GREEN company, phosphate free and biodegradable. If you have a spray nozzle for your hose, you wont run your water bill up either. 16 washes at Brown Bear for a Beary Clean wash totals $203.52. $6.99 for 16 Zip Wax Turtle Wax washes = .44 cents a wash. :) Also, I work very hard at keeping my lawn looking nice, I water, I keep it mowed, i fertilize it also - ruining it by driving a vehicle onto it to wash the vehicle on the lawn is not an option. We do go thru Brown Bear for the Beary Clean wash during the Fall and Winter months, but minimally. Kids that are elementary age can wash vehicles, they will protest of course but if you do it WITH them it becomes FUN and they will do a better job of it. Then with the money you are saving, go out to dinner or get take out. Happy family, clean cars, tummies filled, dinner TOGETHER, no harm to environment, less harm to bank account.
It's nice that Brown Bear supports the bears at Woodland Park Zoo. Many families tho in Shoreline can't afford to GO to Woodland Park Zoo any longer.
A yearly Family Passport pass I see on their website right now is $250, 2 adults, children and grandchildren and one guest. Their Annual Pass is $70 for each adult specifically named - so unless you are not the named adult on the pass you will not be admitted, $35 for each child specifically named, and $90 for a guest - so if your child wants to bring a friend or you want to bring another child and their parent it is going to cost you $300 for the Annual Pass. Alot of the charities Brown Bear supports are not IN Shoreline, so I wouldn't say they support charities in my community specifically, they have locations in Shoreline yes, but as far as supporting charities specifically located in Shoreline and specifically for the City of Shoreline, no they do not.
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