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Saturday, August 28th, 2010We are one of a few green certified dry cleaners invited by the manufacture to attend the Long Beach California Dry Clean Convention to represent Green Dry Cleaning.
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IS YOUR DRY CLEANER GREEN CERTIFIED?
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Green washing is everywhere (literally), as you drive down the street every other business is claiming to be green and environmental friendly.
How do you know if they really are or they are just claiming it?
The San Francisco Bay Area has developed a Green Business Program to create guidelines for businesses in a particular industry [...]
The future of fabrics rest within our imagination!
Thursday, August 12th, 2010For thousands of years the only fibers available for textiles were natural fibers created by Mother Nature. Clothing and household items were woven from animal, protein or plant fibers such as wool, cashmere, silk, linen and cotton. A little over a century ago the first manufactured fiber became available through modern technology and chemistry. Rayon [...]
New Jersey offers cash for replacing perc equipment
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Anticipating tougher regulations for drycleaners, the state of New Jersey is offering cash to dry cleaners who agree to scrap their existing perc machines in favor of newer models. The state has dedicated more than $4 million to the program.
The program provides an extra incentive for wetcleaning, which is in line with another state-sponsored program [...]
San Francisco’s Newest Green Cleaner
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Vermont Cleaners, Potrero Hill
600 Vermont Street
San Francisco CA 94107
415-647-8080
Cross Street; intersection of 18th Street and Vermont Street
As a pioneer in our industry I’m always happy and proud to see others follow suit and Vermont Cleaners in San Francisco is the newest dry cleaner to make the conversion over to an EPA approved green dry cleaning [...]
It May Market Organic Alternatives, but Is Your Cleaner Really Greener?
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010In New York and around the country, dry-cleaning stores have increasingly sprouted signs reading “organic” or “green,” as environmentally conscious consumers look for alternatives to traditional dry cleaning and its use of the solvent perchloroethylene. Prolonged contact with that solvent, known as PCE or perc, has been linked in some studies to cancer and neurological [...]
Do Green Dry Cleaners Exist?
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Do Green Dry Cleaners Exist?
Greentips: August 2007
Contrary to what its name implies, dry cleaning involves washing clothes in a liquid solvent to remove stains. In about 85 percent of dry cleaning shops this solvent is perchloroethylene (or “perc”), a chemical that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers both a health and environmental hazard.
Dry cleaning [...]
Dry Cleaning’s Dirty Trick
Saturday, February 20th, 2010In most big cities you will see drycleaners attempting to go green. For many, though, green refers to money, not environmental consciousness.
There’s a curious sign in the storefronts of many drycleaners boasting of a new “organic” cleaning technique that is non-toxic and environmentally benign. Clearly they are trying to capitalize on the consumers’ pursuit of [...]
Toxic Use Reduction Institute awards grant to dry cleaner
Thursday, December 31st, 2009The Toxic Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at the University of Massachusetts/Lowell recently awarded Best Neighborhood Cleaners of Medford, Mass., an $18,000 grant to help discontinue the use of perchloroethylene (PERC). The grant helped fund the purchase and installation of wetcleaning equipment at the store.
“I am very happy to be using this equipment in my shop [...]
Where in India is eco dry cleaning practiced?
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Question; i wanted to know that where in India is eco friendly dry cleaning practised.
Answer; The simplest form of eco dry cleaning is done on the banks of the river Ganga. Anyone and everyone cleaning there silk sari’s on the Ganga is using a simple form of green dry cleaning.
As far back as I can [...]