Organic
Dry Cleaners
Greensboro, NC

What is Wet Dry Cleaning

In coping with strong environmental regulations on restricting the use of solvents, such as PERC many dry cleaners began to search for an alternative method. The number of professional wet dry cleaners in Europe and the U.S. has increased in the last few years. Its time to enjoy solvent-free clothes for a healthier you and your environment!

What is PERC?

According to Green America, Perc is a synthetic, volatile organic compound (VOC) that poses a health risk to humans and a threat to the environment. Minimal contact with perc can cause dizziness, headaches, drowsiness, nausea, and skin and respiratory irritation. Prolonged perc exposure has been linked to liver and kidney damage, and cancer. Perc has been identified as a “probable” human carcinogen by California’s Proposition 65.

Perc can enter the body through drinking water contamination, dermal exposure, or most frequently, inhalation. This is not only a health hazard and environmental justice issue for workers in the dry cleaning business, but for consumers who bring home clothes laden with perc. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that clothes dry cleaned with perc can elevate levels of the toxin throughout a home and especially in the room where the garments are stored. Nursing mothers exposed to perc may excrete it in their milk, placing their infants at risk.

Perc is not only hazardous for people who work in dry cleaning shops or bring home dry cleaned clothes. Perc can also get into our air, water, and soil during the cleaning, purification, and waste disposal phases of dry cleaning, according to the EPA.

To read more about this:
http://www.greenamerica.org/livinggreen/drycleaning.cfm.

What is Wet Dry Cleaning?

Unlike traditional solvent based dry cleaning process, professional wet dry cleaning will gently wash your hard to wash clothes with sate of the art cleaning machines and biodegradable, pH neutral [7.0/8.0] detergent. Garments come out smelling fresh, feeling soft to the touch and looking brighter and whiter! You can now enjoy wearing your clothes without toxic smells or allergic reactions. At Organic Cleaners, we care about you, your clothes, and the environment!

According to the Environmental Protections Agency, EPA, Computerized operations allow for precise mechanical control in order to gently wash, dry, and finish garments. Modern wet cleaning machines may be programmed for various settings such as mechanical action, water and drying temperatures, moisture levels in the dryer, and water and detergent volume. The flexibility of this technology provides cleaners with the controls to administer a customized wet cleaning cycle suited to a garment's specified needs.

To read more on the EPA report visit their webpage here:
http://www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/garment/wsgc/wetclean.htm

Professional Wet Dry Cleaning requires...
- computer controlled washers and dryers
-biodegradable soaps and conditioners
- highly trained staff with skills and knowledge of fabrics and care to properly clean all garments, including all and previous DRY CLEAN ONLY garments.

We are Organic Cleaners have all of these qualities!!!

ITS TIME TO MAKE THE SAFER CHOICE!

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What is Wet Dry Cleaning