An Easy Green Dry Cleaning Trick
Next time you drop off clothes at the local dry cleaners (an environmentally friendly one, I hope), bring a garment bag along and ask them to hold the plastic and paper.
I started doing this about six months ago when my dry cleaner began providing simple, black garment bags for purchase. I spent the $5 and also use it to hold all the dirty stuff destined for the cleaners (it works nicely as a laundry bag).
I can’t explain why some of the other customers at my cleaner still opt for plastic wrap. Silly is all I have to say to that. Start this simple habit on your next trip!
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5 Comments
May 6th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Great idea! Thanks!
May 6th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Kim, this is a great example of something green to incorporate into your habits that is so simple and easy.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:38 am
Good idea other than the fact that I would not use the same bag for the clean and dirty clothes. That doesn’t make sense. Just bring your dirty clothes in a canvas bag you use for groceries, attaching the clean garment bag to it with a safety pin if you want to be sure it doesn’t get lost.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Ikea has really cool, inexpensive black garment bags which could be used for this purpose. The name for this product at IKEA is SCUBB, price $3.99. They also have a 3-piece set in clear plastic for the bargain price of $2.99. That is called Svajs.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Ikea has really cool, inexpensive black garment bags which could be used for this purpose. The name for this product at IKEA is SCUBB, price $3.99. They also have a 3-piece set in clear plastic for the bargain price of $2.99. That is called Svajs.
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