When it comes to dry cleaning options, there are a plethora available. There’s high-end boutiques offering customized service and eco-friendly cleaning, Mom & Pop chains featuring good old fashioned quality and customer service, and of course the fast, cheap option. The question is, does a higher price tag actually result in a better clean?
For those who have ever shopped around their dry cleaning, you know that there is a difference. The customer experience and quality of care taken with garments is not uniform across dry cleaners. The lower the price, the more dependant on volume the dry cleaner is – which means they will do the bare minimum and pass your garment down the assembly line as quickly as possible. Yes, you may pay a little more for a higher-end clean, but that leads to better looking clothes that last longer, and isn’t that a bigger savings in the long run?
What about eco-friendly, is it worth it? In the case of dry cleaning, it certainly is. Many dry cleaners still use a chemical called perchloroethylene (perc), which, although legal in Canada, poses serious health risks. And the risks don’t stop at the dry cleaners. In fact, in her 2007 book Ecoholic, Adria Vasil claims that “Food (i.e. groceries) that spends one hour in a car with dry-cleaned clothes, absorbs elevated levels of perc.” Not comforting news for a chemical considered carcinogenic by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that must be handled as a hazardous waste. Taking that into consideration, paying a couple dollars extra to ensure your clothes are dry cleaned using eco-friendly materials doesn’t seem like such a bad deal.
At Simply Laundry, we not only offer fair and transparent pricing, but also ensure your clothes are laundered and dry cleaned according to eco-friendly practices right here in Toronto. When you trust your dry cleaning to Simply Laundry’s dry cleaning and laundry delivery service, rest assured your clothes are being treated with the utmost care and respect, and will be cleaned to the highest standards possible.
Simply Laundry offers top-notch dry cleaning at affordable prices, and the best part is your clothes are picked up and delivered right to your door, giving you extra time to do whatever it is you would rather be doing!
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