Disruptor of Dry Cleaning Imagine a competitor with a 200,00-sq.-ft. plant that can process 5,000 pieces per hour, targets high income customers in the 25 to 40 age group. This competitor has already raised $130,000 million to fund its growing business and has the goal of capturing 10 percent of...
Tips for living plastic free in 2018 By: Garry Knox 1 - Bring your own shopping bag Even though in some countries there is a charge for getting a carrier bag from your store, many people bring their own bags JUST for groceries. Start bringing a bag for...
Corporate/Hospitality Division Created at Lapels Formed to better serve hotels and restaurants, company notes HANOVER, Mass. — Lapels Dry Cleaning recently announced the formation of a corporate/hospitality division. The new division was formed to better serve hotels, restaurants and corporate accounts that require and/or offer dry cleaning services for...
Classic Cleaners is your GreenEarth Alternative When Janice Gray opened Classic Cleaners, nearly 20 years ago, she never dreamed she would still be operating a dry cleaning business. After the business sold several times and operated successfully for many years before closing by a former owner,...
Waste not, want not! By: Garry Knox We often find ourselves in a situation where we are appalled by the amount of food that is thrown away. Not just by our loved ones but by fast food companies and supermarkets too. Often it can be food hygiene...
SBA Update No Cause For Concern By: Zarah Eads The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced an update to its Standard Operating Procedure regarding Lender and Development Company Loan Programs. And once again, being a GreenEarth Affiliate pays off. *Cue hair flip* It will go into effect Jan. 1,...
Sustainable Customers By: Ron Benjamin How can we build a world that is sustainable now? How can we insure that our children’s children can continue to enjoy today’s world tomorrow? Recently on October 20th, Professor Lorynn Divita of Baylor University, an author, fashion merchandising expert, textile specialist, and...
Get Clean Here! By: Joe Blaha GreenEarth Cleaning since 1999 has championed the introduction of the only truly sustainable, environmentally non-toxic, non-hazardous, affordable, and effective alternative to all those solvents available that are built upon a carbon based petrochemical foundation. The GreenEarth solution is pure liquid silicone and...
Bringing The GreenEarth Family Together By: Garry Knox The last weekend in September, saw GreenEarth® Affiliates come together once again in our home town of Kansas City, Missouri. It’s so nice to see lots of familiar faces and new ones too, where social gatherings and sharing knowledge and...
When Salomon Mishaan was a boy growing up in Colombia, he used to go to work with his father on Saturdays. There, in the family business, he learned the art of crafting yarn, weaving it into textiles and creating garments. Over the years, Mishaan worked...