Comments on: Clothesnik saves plastic, if only dry cleaners would use it!

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:37:27 +0000

Our washer has a “handwash” program that will wash wool. I don’t know how well it works though as I haven’t tried it.

By: A Guest Post from Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish

A Guest Post from Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:29:50 +0000

[...] which is the eco-friendly way to have someone else clean your Dry Clean Only fabrics) we bought areusable Clothesnik dry cleaner bag. We got new stainless steel ice cube trays to replace their plastic counterparts. We purchased a [...]

By: NikiN

NikiN — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:11:00 +0000

I'm just beginning to open my eyes to the ecological and health ramifications of plastic. I am happy to find your blog.

I am curious to know whether you tried Hi-Hat Cleaners in Oakland. They've been advertising Green cleaning for about a decade now. I have no idea how eco-friendly their processes are, but my experience with them suggests that they would probably be open to non-plastic suggestions.

By: Fake Plastic Fish

Fake Plastic Fish — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:10:00 +0000

Hi Hayley. I don't have experience with that particular composter, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Mine is also made from recycled plastic. You can read about it here:

http://www.fakeplasticfish.com/2007/08/compost-tumbler-solution-to-potting.html

By: Maria Elena

Maria Elena — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:53:00 +0000

Thanks for the post. It had been a while since I had been on here, and I was grudgingly just about to dry-clean this really nice wool jacket I got from goodwill. But thanks to the links in your post, I think I have figured out a way to do it myself, which what I wanted to do in the first place, hopefully it turns out OK…don’t worry I won’t blame you if it does not turn out alright:)

By: Hayley

Hayley — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:26:00 +0000

Ha, on second thought…
Once I actually bothered to look, I found aton of recycled plastic composters…
But they are all pretty expensive, and my mom might not agree to it…
Even though she could easily spend the money, she gets stingy when it comes to the environement.
Dunno why D:

But anyways…
http://www.greenhome.com/products/yard_and_garden/compost_bins/114998/
I found this one, I think it looks pretty good…input?

By: Hayley

Hayley — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:20:00 +0000

Hmm, I can't say this post did much for me, in terms of something I could change or something I can respond too or relate to.
I don't even know how to use a washing machine, and have only once stepped inside a dry cleaners, and that was to pet the puppy inside.

I've recently become quite guilty of a once-a-week habit of buying an ice-cream....wrapped up in plastic, of course D:
I'm trying to stop...but, but...its just so good!

Ah, well. Anyways, relevant stuff, something others would care to read...
Uh, actually, no, nevermind. Stop reading now, please.

But does anyone know of a non-plastic mechanical pencil? I can't stand the others...
And, my Mom has agreed to get a composter...but she wants one of the turnable $200 ones...but they are all plastic. Does anyone know where I might be able to get a non-plastic turny one?
I don't think there are any, but 'tis worth a try

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Was intrigued by the story about the clothesnik…which I happen to own and use and reuse for the past few years. In fact, my dry cleaner (not a “green” cleaner) now even sells the Clothesniks even though she orginally had no idea what it was. I have never had a problem getting it back with my clothes in it maybe because they do everything onsite. Dry cleaners do have to be taught about how to be green and many are giving it lip service and not understanding the need to change how they do business and more importantly that their customers are changing. I checked out green garmento but it was one piece of plastic replacing another and it cant be cleaned and dried properly because it is plastic…not the way to go!
Over the years I have told many friends about my clothesnik and they seem to like it…i hope your dry cleaners can see their to this so they get rid of the plastic.

By: shortystylee

shortystylee — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:03:00 +0000

I've found that a lot of the dry clean only clothes that I have had could either say "do not dry" or "hand wash cold" instead.

I think that most dry cleaning places would be pretty responsive to letting you know what kind of products that they use to clean things--especially since there is a chance that some people could be allergic to what they are using. Threatening to take your business elsewhere is always a helpful tactic as well.

-JSC

By: Martin at plasticless

Martin at plasticless — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:40:00 +0000

I have taken two things to the cleaners in living memory. The most recent item was picked up in a plastic bag. As with every other unintentional piece of plastic, plan B is to reuse.