Jeeves of Belgravia, New York

In an article in the San Francisco Chronicle on September 19th, dry cleaners who claim to be
“green” or “environmentally” friendly may be using a solvent which could harm you or the environment. The city’s Department of the Environment is looking to eliminate the chemicals used by dry cleaners.

The same department is working with the city attorney’s office to draft a “truth in advertising” law to prohibit dry cleaners from claiming to be green if they are not.

This is something greatly needed in New York as many dry cleaning firms are advertising that they are “organic” and the truth is they are not.

Organic dry cleaning is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” as these dry cleaners are using ExxonMobile’s DF2000 which is chemically organic, just like gasoline is chemically organic.

The only methods sanctioned by the EPA as non-toxic alternatives to traditional dry cleaning are; wet cleaning (which uses water) and CO2 dry cleaning.

Jeeves has always used wet cleaning for those garments which can be safely cleaned using this process. Of the garments which come into Jeeves for cleaning, only 30% can be safely cleaned using this method.

In about one month Jeeves is installing CO2 dry cleaning technology. This will make Jeeves the only luxury garment care firm in New York to not use toxic chemicals to dry clean clothing. In fact Jeeves will have the only operational CO2 dry cleaning machine in the State of New York.

The Jeeves CO2 process, Eco2 Cleanse, uses beverage quality carbon dioxide, the same stuff that adds the fizz to your soda, in place of petrochemicals. The technology is manufactured by Solvair.

The installation of our Solvair equipment will also make us the first Jeeves location in the world to clean in CO2.

The Eco2 Cleanse process is superior to traditional dry cleaning methods as it;

• Cleans better than traditional dry cleaning.
• Is truly “green”, no harmful petrochemicals are used.
• It gentle, clothes are subject to less “wear and tear” during the cleaning process.
• Does not allow stains to set. Eco2 Cleanse is unique, heat is not used at all so stains will not set.

Jeeves of Belgravia, New York is proud to be the first luxury dry cleaner in New York to be 100% petrochemical free.

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