The product group includes wash installations for cars, buses, trucks, trains, other rail transport and airplanes.
Nordic Swan Ecolabel wash installations for vehicles have reduced environmental impact by meeting requirements to water consumption, effluents, measures to reduce energy consumption, chemical products used in the wash installation, handling of sludge and more.
The requirements include:
Limits for water consumption per wash.
Measures to reduce energy consumption.
Test and limits for effluents of oil, lead, chromium, nickel, cadmium, copper, zinc, antimony and the phthalate DEHP.
Only use of chemical products certified with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel for cleaning the vehicles and the wash installation.
Sorting used packaging from chemical products to promote recycling or reuse.
Procedures for operation and maintenance of the wash installation.
Annual follow-up of effluents and water consumption.