Demonstrating Concern for the Environment

The majority of the country's 30,000 drycleaners are small, neighborhood, family-run businesses, often with spouses and children involved in day-to-day operations. As an industry, we pay close attention to proper waste disposal, emission controls and other environmental and safety precautions.

We take special pride in our efforts to keep the environment clean and safe for future generations. Because of our industry's high professional and ethical standards, we have always taken the lead in voluntary environmental compliance and support of environmentally responsible legislation. For example, most drycleaners use hazardous waste disposal methods to dispose of solvent residue and used filters, although only one-half of the industry is actually required to do so.

Over the past 20 years, Image Cleaners has voluntarily invested in sophisticated equipment that ensures that little or no solvent is release into groundwater or the atmosphere. Our goal is to completely eliminate waste in all aspects of the dry cleaning process-from solvent to polyethylene bags.