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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Pants

01.06.2009

Submitted by hsnavely on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:01am.
The Bite:
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Wanna erase the memory of spilling that vinaigrette down the front of your white pants? (Of course it had to be brown, and it had to land there.) Heartbreaking, we know. Get SF Green Clean on the job. Drop your threads off, or have them come to you (yeah, pickup and delivery's not 100% eco...) and they'll spiff 'em sans perc (which the EPA considers a possible carcinogen) via a gentle wet cleaning process using biodegradable soaps. Then, they'll return 'em to you good as new, zipped up in a reusable garment bag and hung on wooden hangers - without contributing to the 70% of perc that typically ends up in nature. Love-ly.  

Wanna Try: 
SF Green Clean, 2525 Jones St. Map It (415-771-8095); and 222 Halleck St. Map It (415-567-2100). Pants, $10.50; shirt, $3.75; blouse, $8.75.
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Cocktail Fact

Americans spend roughly $8 billion on dry cleaning every year.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 SF Biters green-clean their clothes, in a year we'll keep the weight of 473 washer-dryer combos in perc outta circ.

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Pinstripe Dry Cleaners  on May 31, 2009 at 04:45 AM 1
if you are after a green dry cleaner, CO2 can achieve the best result for the majority of items you process - Green earth is more common is because GM pumped money into it early on

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