For the most part, our eco-friendly wedding has been non-traditional. One tradition that Kelly wanted, was that I not see her dress before our wedding day so the only thing I know is that it’s pre-owned. We also decided that it would be a good idea for me to follow suit (no pun intended) and wear something pre-owned as well. So many second-hand store options in Madison with great prices and many items in perfect condition!
Before venturing out to the second-hand stores, Kelly found a beautiful black suit coat, which had belonged to her Father so I’ll be wearing that. Then, we got some black pants, a shirt, and a pair of shoes at a second-hand store. The pants and shirt looked great, but they would look much better after a trip to the dry cleaners. Kelly did a Google search to find an eco-friendly dry cleaner, and the only one we found was Best Cleaners.
When you walk in the door of Best Cleaners, you don’t smell that dry cleaning odor. John Whitley, the owner since 1996, explained that they use Green Earth Cleaning solvent, rather than PERC, the petroleum-based solvent used by other dry cleaners. Green Earth is safer for the environment, customers, and John’s employees. It’s also better for your clothes.
When you pick up your clothes, they are in Degradable Poly bags, which look and feel like normal plastic garment bags, but they breakdown naturally in the environment in about two years. Normal plastic dry cleaning bags take approximately 400 years to breakdown in a landfill.
Our experience at Best Cleaners, made us realize that we all need to be more aware of the impact something like dry cleaning has on our environment. For more information about eco-friendly dry cleaning, go to Best Cleaners website or just stop in…John and his staff are very friendly!
