Drive Cleaning

Green Cleaning

Drive Cleaning has now become one of the areas premier environmentally friendly dry cleaners, offering not one but two methods of earth-friendly, green cleaning.

Why do we offer two different methods of cleaning?  It’s very simple – we want the proper tools at our disposal, so that we could clean your clothes right, every time.

You see, every type of cleaning has strengths and weaknesses.  And if we were to only choose one or the other, we could have probably done a great job on some stains on some materials, and a pretty good job on others.  Pretty good doesn’t cut it though… after all, we’re a cleaners!   What good are we if we’re environmentally friendly, but we only do an “ok” job of cleaning?

We think the combination that we have chosen, professional wet cleaning, combined with GreenEarth dry cleaning, is truly an amazing combination.  While they are both outstanding methods of cleaning separately, together they compliment each other to give Drive Cleaning the perfect arsenal to combat almost any stain.

GreenEarth Cleaning

What is GreenEarth?  We believe it is the answer the cleaning industry has been looking for.

While most cleaners around the country (and the world) are still using harmful petro-chemicals such as Perc, these chemicals are beset with problems.  Yes, Perc is pretty good at taking out a stain – however, it has some serious drawbacks. Most importantly, Perc is recognized as a “probable carcinogen” by the EPA.  It can be harmful to the environment, both as an air pollutant and a potential containment of groundwater if not handled properly.  It’s even banned in California and New Jersey, and Illinois State legislators have discussed a ban in Illinois as well.

Furthermore, Perc can be really harsh on your clothes, causing that familiar “chemical” smell, and sometimes causing damage and shrinkage, especially to delicate items or items with beads and sequins. GreenEarth Cleaning represents a breakthrough in dry cleaning technology.  Truly environmentally friendly, outstanding cleaning ability, and yet gentle on your clothes.  Click to learn more!

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Professional Wet-Cleaning

Professional wet-cleaning is a technique that has garnered a lot of attention over the past few years.  Instead of using a chemical solvent, wet-cleaning is the use of water to clean traditionally “dry clean only” garments. Click here to learn more about professional wet-cleaning!

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The Green Garmento™ Bag

Be Fantastic… Use Less Plastic! ™ With Drive Cleaning, you’ll be using significantly less plastic and packaging, because all of our pickup and delivery customers are now given Green Garmento™ bags to use while using our service!

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Energy Efficient Operation

We don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk!  Drive Cleaning’s brand new flagship store has gone to great lengths to ensure that our plant is as energy efficient as possible.  Through the use of energy efficient lighting in both our storefront and plant, high efficiency washers that limit the amount of water being used, and a fuel efficient fleet to pickup and deliver your clothes, Drive Cleaning is truly one of the ‘greenest’ cleaners around!

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No "Greenwashing" here

You may have heard of the term “Greenwashing” before.  What does it mean?  Quite simply, any dry cleaner can put a sign up and say they are green, but are they truly?  Unfortunately, some are making that claim, while not making the investment in equipment and training that it takes to truly clean green.

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