Posted by: Jon
in Bio-Dry on Dec 31, 2010
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When planning your New Year, consider that healthy resolutions easily partner with helping the environment. If we all make one change in 2011, it should be to simply think about the impacts our choices have.
Get Inspired: Get outside and find your environment; a place to help protect for the future.
Decide to Act: Simply thinking about your purchases and where they came from is the right start. Our actions and our choices generate a domino effect beyond what we see, so make choices for a positive one.
Share and Maintain: Talk to friends and family, learn from others and keep it up! Simply talking about the environment spreads awareness; you never know who else you’ll inspire!
5 Simple Ideas to Improve Your Year and Your Environment
- Think about your water and where your drain drains! (and recommend to all your friends to use Bio-Dry waterless concrete cleaner on all oil and grease stains to save water!)
- Find local food and produce, challenge yourself to a weekly recipe with a locally grown or organic ingredient. Reduce air pollution caused by food and goods transport.
- Go car-free or consolidate errands with friends.
- Learn about your recycling options in your city or town. If we counted our garbage like we count calories, would things be different? Label your trash bin “landfill” if you need a reminder!
- Most importantly, talk to others. Compare ideas and involve kids, there’s no better way to get inspired!
Posted by: Jon
in Bio-Dry on Oct 25, 2010
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The only thing that is supposed to go down a storm drain is rain!
However, every cigarette butt, drop of oil or spilled chemical you see on the street will eventually wind up going down a storm drain and into a nearby creek. And that will eventually flow into a source of drinking water.
Most state and local ordinances say that it is illegal to discharge, cause to be discharged, directly or indirectly, or cause any pollutant to enter into the storm drain system unless permitted by an NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit. Storm water is the only discharge permitted in the storm water system with exception of incidental Non-storm water flows which do not negatively impact the quality of the receiving stream, including:
- Water line flushing, except super-chlorinated water line flushing
- Landscape irrigation
- Uncontaminated groundwater infiltration
- Uncontaminated, pumped groundwater
- Discharge from potable water sources
- Foundation drains
- Air conditioning condensate
- Irrigation water
- Springs
- Lawn watering
- De-chlorinated swimming pool discharge
- Street wash water
- Flows from emergency fire and rescue operations other than those resulting from negligence on the part of the person who owned or controlled the pollutant
When a city determines that a pollution discharge has occurred or is imminent, the city is authorized to employ whatever enforcement actions apply. If you're pressure washing and not recapturing the water, you could be in for a big surprise and a some heavy fines!
Bio-Dry cares what you do with your used oil and has the solution for your oil and grease problems! Start using Bio-Dry and recycle any excess oil you may have.
Also, check out your city or state's websites for a link to a list of businesses that have agreed to accept used oil from the public. CLICK HERE for a list in the greater Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. (Courtesy of the Official City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Government Website)
Posted by: Jon
in Bio-Dry on Oct 12, 2010
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Although pressure washing has it's place, we believe that pressure washing oil on concrete is NOT the best solution for cleaning.
Here are the top four reasons why you should NOT pressure wash concrete:
1. Pressure washing uses too much water.
2. Pressure washing damages concrete and over time the concrete will need to be replaced and that is very expensive.
3. Water runoff from pressure washing is ILLEGAL unless it is recaptured.
4. Pressure washing opens concrete pours to immediate recontamination and staining, which leads to having to pressure wash more often.
We recommend you clean your oil and grease stains on concrete with BIO-DRY waterless concrete cleaner because Bio-Dry...
saves you money...
keeps you compliant...
- improves your image!
Posted by: Jon
in Bio-Dry on Jun 02, 2010
http://my.facilitiesnet.com/blogs/jthejem/archive/2010/06/02/waterless-concrete-cleaning.aspx
