Drycleaners

Picked up a load of dry cleaning today, and am finally getting round to write this long overdue post.

Its always amazed me how much plastic bags / plastic / waste in general is involved in the drycleaning process. Just using my drycleaner as an example - first up, clothes are wrapped in a transparent plastic bag to protect them (some drycleaners go so far as to make sure there aren't more than say 2 clothing items per transparent bag). Second, there're the hangers - I make it a point to return these to the drycleaners, though I'm sure a lot of people don't. Third - When my laundry is delivered to me (the cleaner is just round the corner from the office), the pieces come bagged in a big white plastic bag, and I've only just recently succeeded in convincing the lady at the shop that she is capable of delivering to me without using this white plastic bag.

Takeaways?
- Return those hangers.
- Try and reduce as much plastic usage as possible.
- Try and dryclean as little as possible. I'm making it a point to find just regular cotton trousers that I can wash myself at home, and save drycleaning for essentials like suits and ties.