Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
TURI offers grants to help Massachusetts businesses adopt safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
The largest markets for surfactants are primarily, household detergents, industrial
cleaners and personal care products (as shown in Figure 1). With the remarkable
ability to influence the properties of surfaces and interfaces, surfactants are essential
ingredients in thousands of products.
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
Silver Hanger Cleaners compares perchloroethylene dry cleaning to
professional wet cleaning
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
By switching from PCE to dedicated wet cleaning, Silver Hanger Cleaners decreased their electricity use by 20%,
natural gas use by 14%, and their water use by almost 3%
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
Dry cleaners seeking safer alternatives to perc
should consider the key environmental and human
health criteria initially, and then apply the fi nancial
and technical criteria to their individual facilities to
determine the best alternative for their facility.
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
Professional wet cleaning has been identified as one of the most promising alternatives to
perchloroethylene in the dry cleaning industry
Industry/Sector: Dry Cleaning
By Maria Kahale
This fact sheet describes the hazards, uses, and alternatives of formaldehyde.
