Learn about responsible auto maintenance, including how to recycle your used oil and how to wash your car to go easy on our waterways.

Anti-freeze, made from the chemical ethylene glycol, is extremely toxic. Always use caution when taking on any DIY car maintenance.

Avoid spills - Drain your radiator into a drip pan and take the old anti-freeze in a sealed container to a household hazardous waste collection site.

Try less toxic - Seek alternatives to conventional anti-freeze. Anti-freeze made from propylene glycol, manufacturers claim, has a lower freezing point, a higher boiling point and lasts longer. .

Leave it to a professional - Wash your vehicle at a car wash that reclaims wash water, preventing oil, grease and toxic fluids from washing into the street and the storm drain system

Do it Yourself - Use soaps, cleaners and detergents that are labeled phosphate free or biodegradable.
Safest products are vegetable based or citrus-based soaps

Water Efficient - Choose a place where the wash water can soak into grass (then you’re knocking out two chores in one), gravel or be diverted to nearby landscaping, away from the street and storm drains