http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:32:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/comment-page-1/#comment-14541 Roscoe Marve Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:58:02 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/#comment-14541 Great idea! How we get Ecohangars for the home? Great idea! How we get Ecohangars for the home?

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/comment-page-1/#comment-14540 Karen Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:24:17 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/#comment-14540 Hmmm... This just gave me a flashback to a dry cleaning incident which happened to me 3-4 years ago. While living in North Carolina I was taking my dry cleaning to the supposedly eco-conscious CO2 dry cleaner, Hangers Cleaners (http://www.hangerskc.com/). As a eco-minded power-suit wearing consumer, I ALWAYS brought my hangers back. Normally, they'd gladly take them, but one day the guy at the counter refused saying that they could no longer take hangers back because the "company that they paid to take hangers away was no longer in that business". HUH???!!! Why on earth would a dry cleaning company PAY someone else to take a away hangers that they can use? Moreover, why would a company which specifically targets eco-minded consumers nix their hanger takeback program regardless of the hoops that they may have to jump through to do it?? I wrote the company headquarters about this, but I never received a reply. Hmmm... I also find it amusing to contrast this with the summer that I spent in Thailand - where the cleaners DEMANDED not only the hangers back, but also the thick plastic that they'd cover my clothes in. Not because of any sort of eco-mindedness - but because it saved them money! Hmmm…
This just gave me a flashback to a dry cleaning incident which happened to me 3-4 years ago. While living in North Carolina I was taking my dry cleaning to the supposedly eco-conscious CO2 dry cleaner, Hangers Cleaners (http://www.hangerskc.com/).
As a eco-minded power-suit wearing consumer, I ALWAYS brought my hangers back. Normally, they’d gladly take them, but one day the guy at the counter refused saying that they could no longer take hangers back because the “company that they paid to take hangers away was no longer in that business”. HUH???!!!
Why on earth would a dry cleaning company PAY someone else to take a away hangers that they can use? Moreover, why would a company which specifically targets eco-minded consumers nix their hanger takeback program regardless of the hoops that they may have to jump through to do it??
I wrote the company headquarters about this, but I never received a reply. Hmmm…
I also find it amusing to contrast this with the summer that I spent in Thailand – where the cleaners DEMANDED not only the hangers back, but also the thick plastic that they’d cover my clothes in. Not because of any sort of eco-mindedness – but because it saved them money!

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/comment-page-1/#comment-14539 Angela Leontis Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:31:39 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/#comment-14539 Just when I was about to send this to everyone I know - including Greener Cleaners here in Chicago - with clever subject title "no wire hangers!" they lost me: "And those plants conform to OSHA & EPA carbon emission standards as well as wastewater discharge standards." Ah, there are no OSHA or EPA carbon emission standards. Rule #1 of introducing an "eco-product": don't greenwash. This crowd is pretty savvy. Just when I was about to send this to everyone I know – including Greener Cleaners here in Chicago – with clever subject title “no wire hangers!” they lost me:
“And those plants conform to OSHA & EPA carbon emission standards as well as wastewater discharge standards.”
Ah, there are no OSHA or EPA carbon emission standards. Rule #1 of introducing an “eco-product”: don’t greenwash. This crowd is pretty savvy.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/comment-page-1/#comment-14538 JD Schulman Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:32:13 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/#comment-14538 Great post. EcoHangers are made with vegetable dies and are almost 100% post consumer content. The shelf life is MUCH longer than 8 weeks - that's just advertising shelf life. In reality, they last years in your closet. - Hanger Network Great post. EcoHangers are made with vegetable dies and are almost 100% post consumer content. The shelf life is MUCH longer than 8 weeks – that’s just advertising shelf life. In reality, they last years in your closet. – Hanger Network

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/comment-page-1/#comment-14537 Doug Snodgrass Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:10:22 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2007/02/ecohangars-improve-ecoeffectiveness-of-drycleaning/#comment-14537 Not a bad start, but I would really be happy to see more eco-friendly dry cleaners. Not a bad start, but I would really be happy to see more eco-friendly dry cleaners.

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