Eco Friendly Dry Cleaning

So the other day on a cleaning in West Seattle my client inquired as to whether there was an eco friendly dry cleaner in the area. I honestly had no idea. I researched it and found out that there is in fact a growing trend in dry cleaners veering away from using chemicals for more natural solutions.

Here is an article from Oregon Live discussing the topic in depth:

In an effort to be, as Widmer says, “the cleanest dry cleaner in the area,” Eco Dry Cleaner is going a route some other Portland area dry cleaners have taken.

Instead of using perc, Eco — formerly Dry Cleaning Station — uses GreenEarth, a liquid silicone solution that has gained favor with dry cleaners here and throughout the country. Plaza Cleaners,with locations in Northwest Portland and the Pearl District, is the state’s longest running user of GreenEarth.

Growing the green cleaner is his No. 1 goal, and Widmer’s taken a different tack there as well, from building relationships to making dry cleaning as convenient as possible to keeping prices competitive.

In addition to two storefronts — one in Bethany; the other on Northeast Broadway — Eco has satellite locations in Seven Planet in Old Town and Lamb’s at Strohecker’s. New to the line up is a sleek, bamboo drop box inside Whole Foods in the Pearl. Just drop your laundry bag in the one-way slot and your dry-cleaned clothes are ready the next day — either at the store or delivered free to your home.

It’s cool they got to put their pickup locations in various locations. Neat all around.