Car Wash Waste Disposal

Although that car or van of yours looks like it just has a little dirt, oil or grease on it; imagine 500 to 2500 similar vehicles with the same amount of dirt on them being washed daily. Once the soap cuts through the grime, have you ever thought where does the grime and dirt go?

Well, it just doesn't go down the drain. All car washes are required to have what are called super traps beneath ground to catch all of the solids and sludges that accumulate. The typical super trap will contain anywhere from 1000 to 1500 gallons of this sludge that has to be removed on a regular basis.

Depending upon the amount of sludge that accumulates and the volume of vehicles that are cleaned; determines how often the super traps have to be cleaned out. When the time for cleaning is determined, Progressive Environmental Services sends in a vacuum truck to suck out or remove the sludge that is accumulated. This usually takes from one to several hours and allows the car wash to continue operating.

It is important to clean these traps on a regular basis because to fail to do so would result in this sludge entering the discharge pipes of the car wash and would put the car wash in violation of the local municipal sanitary discharge limitations for environmental compliance.

This is just one more service that Progressive Environmental Services provides. With over 70 trucks available we are able to service many locations throughout the midwest at the same time.