Every day, we see millions of litres of polluted washwater flowing from construction sites straight into sinks and drains. That water carries PFAS “forever chemicals,” microplastics, paint, and fine solids, and most of it slips past treatment plants into our rivers and oceans.

 

It might look like a bucket rinse or a quick sink wash, but it adds up to a massive hidden problem that has gone unchecked for too long.