A Green NFL By: Ron Benjamin Football season is back! And with it comes the NFL's ongoing commitment to sustainability. Over the past couple of years, the NFL has been greening up their efforts. Primary visibility surrounds their Super Bowl environmental program consisting of four main initiatives: Solid...
Congratulations to GreenEarth Co-Founder Jim Douglas for winning California Cleaners Association's Dry Cleaner Of The Year Award! He began his dry cleaning career in California in 1969. He was co-owner and served as president of his company from 1988 to 1998. At the time it was...
Wake up and smell the coffee! By: Garry Knox The coffee culture society has led to the establishment and further growth of the ‘Take away’ coffee, either via small independent coffee houses through to huge national and international chains. This equates to billions of cups a year. At...
Want To Cut Down On Your Energy Bill? By: Aaron Newport Want to cut down on your energy bill? There are countless practices you can adopt to accomplish just that. Let's talk about a few of them here. 1. Uses LED light bulbs. Lighting Accounts for around 15%...
"Cautiously Strong" Is The Fabricare Industry Business remains strong in the North American markets, particularly for the vended, on-premise laundry, and high-end dry cleaning sectors, reports Kathleen Armstrong...
The Rise of the Rent-a-Dress. Does This Spell the Demise of Dry Cleaning? By: Tara Clark I’ll admit from the outset that I don’t buy expensive clothing. Blame it on my I-could-whip-that-up-in-an-hour-on-my-Janome attitude, growing up in a household where everything was home brand or hand-me-down, or my distinct...
Do you have the bottle for these bags? By: Garry Knox GreenEarth blogs have often featured information about how fashionable clothing can be made from recyclable materials or produced in an ethical and sustainable manner. But now outfits can be completed with 100 per cent Eco Friendly bags. The...
HAYS, Kan. -- A $3.5 million donation from the foundation of a northwest Kansas philanthropist made possible the construction of the Dane G. Hansen Scholarship Hall at Fort Hays State University. Gifts and contributions from many other individuals will help support the university's entrepreneurship program and...
NEW YORK STATE TO INVESTIGATE EXPLOITATION OF DRY CLEANING WORKERS New York state is launching an investigation into the working conditions of employees in the dry cleaning industry. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the effort will include study of chemicals commonly used by dry cleaners that pose a...
GreenEarth - A Remarkable Solution – Truly Different By: Joe Blaha Many positive things over the years have been recognized about GreenEarth Cleaning by customers, regulators, clothing manufacturers, employees and landlords. The short list would include: GreenEarth is the world’s largest branded solution provider of environmentally non-toxic dry cleaning...