Commercial laundries typically consume large volumes of energy, water and chemicals that are mainly disposed of through publicly owned wastewater treatment systems (POTWs). Finding new ways to reduce each of these components not only serves the laundries, but it also helps to protect the environment. Across a variety of commercial and industrial processes, ozone has been extensively used in the United States and Europe, but in Australia, it has mainly been used for purifying drinking water and for some industrial applications. The need for water and energy conservation prompted the Australian aged care industry to take a closer look at ...