| "Mr. Drycleaner, can you explain Proposition 65?" |
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Everyone who goes to a Dry Cleaner needs to understand Prop 65, the
Safe Drinking Water
& Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. This is the State of California's
Annual List of
more than 500 chemicals known to cause Cancer.
Businesses that use any of these chemicals or solvents like some dry cleaners are
required to warn their customers and neighbors with postal warnings, and to dispose
of these chemicals properly.
A Carriage Regal Cleaner does not fall under the Prop 65 rules. Since we use an environmental
solvent for our cleaning systems we are not required to post warnings, etc. All of our dry
cleaning waste is hauled away by Safety-Kleen Corp. None of our dry cleaning waste plus
hangers, plastic bags, and cardboard go the landfills, or risk our water tables. We even
subscribe to the Clean and Green Wind Energy Grid to purchase our electricity.
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"Is dry cleaning safe?" |
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As long as you go to a dry cleaner that uses Hydro carbon, CO2, Silicone or Wet Cleaning,
you are using a Environmentally Safe Dry Cleaner. At A Carriage Regal Cleaner/MrDryCleaner,
we use 2 of the 4 above. We use DF2000 and Wet Cleaning.
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"I don't understand the care labels on some of my clothes. What does it all mean?" |
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The Federal Trade Commission requires manufacturers to attach a permanent label to textile garments that
provides directions for their care. Take a look at the
Guide to Care Symbols Chart ...
and let us know if you still have a question.
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"Do you recycle?" |
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Yes! Through various vendors, we recycle our hangars, plastic bags, paper, cardboard and aluminum cans.
We use Safety-Kleen's environmentally friendly fluid recovery service for our dry cleaning
filters and liquids so that absolutely no waste ends up in a landfill. Recycling chemicals in no way
cuts down on the efficiency of our dry cleaning systems.
The owners of A Carriage Regal Cleaner are active participants in local and national environmental issues.
They participated in several research projects, among them the UCLA "Wet Cleaning Project" and the EPA's
"Design for the Environment," testified for the AQMD, worked in Washington D.C. with the U.S. Senate and
Congress, and served on committees for the California Air Resource Board. Steve Green, the President of
A Carriage Regal Cleaner has served as a board member of the Los Angeles County Dry Cleaning Association.
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"Are you certified?" |
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Each of our locations is certified by the California Air Resource Board and as a Certified
Environmental Dry Cleaner, and by the International Fabric Care Institute.
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If you have specific fabric care questions, ASK MR. DRYCLEANER -- He wants to help!
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