Busted: Dry Cleaning

Another one of humanity's establishments has been deemed: ungreen: your local dry cleaners. First, the dry cleaners waste resources by giving you a new metal hanger every time you go there. Second, one of the chemicals they use in the process of dry cleaning is perc, a carcinogen that may cause cancer. And not only can it harm you, but it harms the environment as well. About seventy percent of the perc ends up in nature, specifically contaminating groundwater! To combat this problem opt for clothes that do not need dry cleaning whenever possible. If you cannot avoid this kind of clothing try to find a "wet" cleaner in your area; this is water cleaning that can be used on dry clean only clothes. And make sure to keep and reuse the metal hangers they give you. Go for greener cleaners!