Spiffy's Sustainability Plan
We call this part of our mission Spiffy Green™ — the ongoing commitment to putting eco-consciousness at the forefront of everything we do. A Spiffy car wash uses 50% less water than a traditional drive-thru car wash and 90% less than DIY. We use biodegradable products, made here in the USA, that are safe for the environment and our customers. 100% of water and residue is reclaimed after every service with our proprietary wash mats. In fact, we’ve saved over 10 million gallons of water to date! We recycle every drop of oil that we collect, over 50,000 gallons monthly. And, we partner with PRTI® to transform tires into power and with Sparkcharge® to provide electric vehicle charging.
6,200.00 metric tons
of carbon offset since 2021
That's like taking 1,347.00 cars off the road, permanently.
Our Initiatives
Carbon Neutral
Research indicates that companies committed to sustainability often enjoy a competitive advantage. One way to demonstrate and act on that commitment is by pursuiing carbon neutrality. Achieving carbon neutrality means balancing your carbon emissions by investing in carbon offset projects that remove or reduce an equivalent amount of carbon from the atmosphere, effectively neutralizing your impact on the environment. By becoming a carbon-neutral business, you can actively contribute to combating climate change, enhance your company’s market value, improve employee recruitment and retention, build brand loyalty, attract environmentally conscious customers, and positively impact your community. Investing in carbon offset projects, such as reforestation or renewable energy initiatives, provides a practical solution for addressing the emissions from essential business operations that cannot be entirely eliminated.
Recurring Commitment
Calculate Your Footprint
Quantifying your climate impact is a key metric to a sustainability strategy. Greenplaces calculates Greenhouse Gas inventory reports using methodology in alignment with the standards and guidance set forth by the GHG Protocol. These include emissions in Scope 1, 2 and 4, covering emissions related to the burning of gases consumption of electricity and other energy sources, and emissions related to all business activities covering Categories 1-14.
THERM Advanced Refrigeration
This project revolutionizes US grocery stores by replacing harmful refrigerants with natural ones, slashing greenhouse gas emissions drastically. It marks a significant step towards sustainability, reducing operational costs and energy consumption. Over its lifetime, the initiative will prevent emissions equivalent to millions of tons of CO2, fostering a healthier environment. It also promotes industry-wide shifts towards eco-friendly practices, contributing to economic growth and inspiring further innovation in green technologies.
Phlogiston Phase I
This project reduces GHG emissions as a result of the enhancement of an existing control technology at a single adipic acid plant (AAP) that destroys N2O emissions above the baseline destruction rate that would otherwise have been vented to the atmosphere. Prior to the project activity, the exhaust from the adipic acid process was directed to a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit or a Thermal Reduction Unit (TRU). The SCR destroys nitrogen oxides (NOx) as part of the facility's Clean Air Act Title V permit requirements; however, the SCR is ineffective at abating nitrous oxide (N2O). The TRU destroys N2O and NOx to a much lesser extent. As a result, in order to comply with the facility's Title V permit, the SCR was operated, historically, for a significant fraction of the year. Phase I of the project activity involves the installation and operation of a new absorption column at Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC that will convert NOx to nitric acid via a high-pressure water absorption process. This absorption column will allow the Thermal Reduction Unit (TRU) to accept a higher percentage of the flow from the adipic acid plant, resulting in a higher quantity of N2O destroyed.
IdleAir Emissions Reduction Project
This project supports 118 Advanced Truckstop Electrification (ATE) locations across the U.S. ATE is an idling reduction solution that allows a driver to completely shut down the main propulsion engine of the diesel truck, eliminating all of the air pollution associated with diesel engine idling. This helps reduce the carbon emissions from engines that would otherwise be idling to keep the cabin comfortable during rest stops for drivers.
New River Landfill Gas Methane Destruction Project
The New River Solid Waste Management Facility is an active municipal solid waste sanitary landfill in Dublin, Virginia. The landfill opened in 1997 and annually accepts on average 150 tons of municipal solid waste. The project consists of an active landfill gas collection and control system (GCCS) in Area A of the facility. The GCCS consists of 16 vertical extraction wells. The Landfill Gas (LFG)was originally flared, but since 2008 an electric generation station has been installed that receives the LFG. With yearly non-methane organic compound (NMOC) emissions of 24.1 Mg, the landfill is not required by EPA regulations to reduce emissions.
49.5 MW Wind Power Project
This project supports the creation and operation of wind turbines in multiple regions in Pakistan which ultimately supply power to the grid. The total installed capacity of the project activity is 49.5 MW equipped with 33 WTGs of 1.5 MW installed capacity each. Prior to this project, the only source of energy in the region was fossil fuel intensive. The project activity is expected to reduce emissions of GHGs by an estimated 91,085 tCO2e per year by displacing equivalent amount of the electricity from the grid.
Join The Spiffy Team
Working at Spiffy® means having the opportunity to do what no one has done before. We are a unique, market-leading start-up that is blazing a new trail in the world of on-demand car care. Our team is always innovating, creating, and collaborating to bring the best ideas to life. Whether you can picture yourself servicing cars, developing apps for them, or marketing them to the world, we are looking for new team members every day. If this sounds like the kind of opportunity that could be a fit, we would love to hear from you.
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