By: Zarah Eads Up until last month, I’d spent close to two years at GreenEarth learning about the Clean Show and how it’s an opportunity to both meet fresh faces in the industry as well as reconnect with our Network. After all, in our founding year of 1999, this is where it all truly began.… Continue reading Bright Eyes On Clean 2019
“Oh, sorry, I have no idea what dry cleaning is.”
By: Andy Lien This was my response to an interviewer who was talking to me about a job opportunity “at a multi-location retail chain that employs primarily women”. At least that’s the description I was given. This interview was arranged by my Finance Department advisor, Dr. Rajiv Kalra, at Minnesota State University back in 2006.… Continue reading “Oh, sorry, I have no idea what dry cleaning is.”
GreenEarth Day
The year 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, or GreenEarth Day as we like to call it, and currently this celebration is recognized as the largest secular observance in the world. There are an estimated over 5,000 environmental groups in 184 countries focused on educating and activating the world’s population to encourage policy… Continue reading GreenEarth Day
Talking Circular Fashion
By: Garry Knox On Thursday 12th April GreenEarth® Cleaning hosted a Business Briefing on the subject of ‘Sustainable Aftercare for Garments and Textiles’ at the Marriott Grosvenor Square in London. Keynote speaker for the day was GreenEarth President Tim Maxwell, alongside Louann Spirito of SGS and myself. It was a great opportunity for us to talk a room of… Continue reading Talking Circular Fashion
SBA Update No Cause For Concern
SBA Update No Cause For ConcernBy: 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, 2018. However, loans that were approved prior… Continue reading SBA Update No Cause For Concern
Clean Without Compromise
Clean Without CompromiseBy: Joe Blaha GreenEarth Cleaning is a true pioneer in enabling the dry cleaning industry to move away from the stigma, costs and health concerns which have resulted from its previous history of having to rely on solvents from the petrochemical family. For over twenty years, the industry has responded by moving away… Continue reading Clean Without Compromise
A “Yes” from SGS
By: Garry Know Global testing house SGS has recently published a news article on its website about the performance of Silicone-based dry cleaning versus Perc. SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company and are recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 85,000 employees, operating a network… Continue reading A “Yes” from SGS
Dry Cleaning: SGS Compares GreenEarth and Perc
Dry Cleaning: SGS Compares GreenEarth and Perc. (full article here) Besides environmental considerations, the ability to effectively clean clothes is an important factor to consider when using solvent alternatives. The solvent should not cause the fabric or garment to unnecessarily fade, bleed colour, change in dimensions (shrinkage), weaken or damage trims and still be effective at… Continue reading Dry Cleaning: SGS Compares GreenEarth and Perc
Snedicor’s: 100 years and counting
Snedicor’s: 100 years and counting Oh, how the times have changed in the dry cleaning business over the years. A century ago, working in a dry cleaners business was tantamount to toiling in a bomb factory. Drop a cupful of kerosene-based cleaning solvent into your machine and boom! Your little piece of heaven, um…workstation, exploded… Continue reading Snedicor’s: 100 years and counting
Sustainable Dry-cleaning
By Ron Benjamin Is the term “sustainable dry cleaning” an oxymoron? We think not based upon all of the following: It’s been said that ideas are the natural born enemy of the way things are. And of course, given that, it is the consumer who is the natural born beneficiary of ideas. Consider the… Continue reading Sustainable Dry-cleaning













