Water-wasting and uncaring about gels, shampoos and soap going down the plughole: that's how the British emerge from a survey on showering habits of western Europeans.
Women in Britain are particularly guilty of wasting shower water and not caring about contaminants, says the report for the Royal Society of Chemistry.
But men in Britain have little to be proud of because they don't care about what they wash down the drain. The most glaring contrast in the survey shows that only 35% of British men give thought to contaminants compared nearly two-thirds of Spanish women who do care about them.
The French and Spanish emerge most commendably from the survey, demonstrating greater restraint in water conservation and concern about washing contaminants into the water system.
Adults in Western Europe are most likely to shower for between two and five minutes, indicates the report, conducted by Ipsos MORI.
The opinion research company carried out the survey as part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's current campaigning on water supply and quality internationally.
Respondents in Great Britain, France, Germany and Spain were asked how long they typically ran the water for when taking a shower. -Royal Society of Chemistry
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