If you are truly chic, than you have some "dry clean only" garments in your closet. If you are truly Green, then you need the skinny on a better way to dry clean. Most traditional Dry Cleaners use harmful Perchloroethylene (Perc). There are greener ways to do dry cleaning and some companies want you spend your greener dollar with them. The most environmentally friendly Wet-Cleaning and GreenEarth technologies can be better for customers and the environment. Th
e State of California has approved using GreenEarth™ Cleaning technology that uses sand (of all things) to clean your clothes. Then there is Carbon dioxide (CO2) cleaning that uses high pressure to make carbon dioxide gas into liquid. This liquid helps biodegradable soaps clean clothes before the pressure turns it back into a gas. It all sounds confusing and it is. So
me of these "clean" methods are not as clean as they say. Not only are some of the things that replace Perchloroethylene (Perc) just as bad, but some chemicals are worse. Like Hydrocarbon solvents that are petroleum-based and contribute to greenhouse gases by emitting volatile organic compounds. (VOCs) The only way to be sure is to ask questions, look up facts and make a informed decision. There are lots of other ways dry cleaning can clean up their act, like using recycled hangers and paper instead of plastic whenever possible. What about the trucks driving clothes around? How green are they? The best thing is to find a way to be a green consumer that makes it easy for you. Here are some sites to help.....
http://www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/garment/gcrg/cleanguide.pdf
e State of California has approved using GreenEarth™ Cleaning technology that uses sand (of all things) to clean your clothes. Then there is Carbon dioxide (CO2) cleaning that uses high pressure to make carbon dioxide gas into liquid. This liquid helps biodegradable soaps clean clothes before the pressure turns it back into a gas. It all sounds confusing and it is. So
me of these "clean" methods are not as clean as they say. Not only are some of the things that replace Perchloroethylene (Perc) just as bad, but some chemicals are worse. Like Hydrocarbon solvents that are petroleum-based and contribute to greenhouse gases by emitting volatile organic compounds. (VOCs) The only way to be sure is to ask questions, look up facts and make a informed decision. There are lots of other ways dry cleaning can clean up their act, like using recycled hangers and paper instead of plastic whenever possible. What about the trucks driving clothes around? How green are they? The best thing is to find a way to be a green consumer that makes it easy for you. Here are some sites to help.....http://www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/garment/gcrg/cleanguide.pdf
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You may have read about other green dry cleaning methods, but Solvair is a different approach; it is a totally planned system, as opposed to just a new dry cleaning machine or alternative solvent. As a system, it has been purposely designed to ensure that both superior cleaning results and good environmental practices are built into the system.
Solvair cleans clothes with a biodegradable cleaning fluid, conceptually similar to water and detergent in your home washer. Instead of drying clothes with heated air, like traditional dry cleaning or a home dryer, Solvair uses a unique cold liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) drying process, a departure from the clothes have been cleaned and dried for the last century. Drying without heat has many advantages; clothes last longer because it is gentler than traditional heat drying and without heat, stains don’t set. This different kind of process takes cleaning to a higher level, removing a wider range of dirt and stains. Clothes get clean while remaining odor free, with noticeably vivid colors, truer darks, and brighter whites.
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Please note that there is inaccurate information about Solvair on the internet posted by competitors and others who have been misinformed. Most widely quoted is a story on the Green America site. This article misidentifies the solvent used in the Solvair process and, as a result, lists health impacts that are not at all associated with Solvair. We have contacted Green America to correct this and are awaiting a response. Sierra Club similarly identified the wrong chemical used by Solvair but have since reviewed the data and removed Solvair from an “avoid” list, suggesting instead that consumers consider Solvair when drycleaning is required.
For more information on Solvair, please visit our website, www.solvaircleaning.com. I think some of your readers who are interested in eco-friendly garment care or green technologies might find this information interesting. If you have any questions about Solvair or green dry cleaning, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Thank you,
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Marketing & Communications Manager
Solvair LLC
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