St. Croix Cleaners receives a Green Business Award

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“White Way Cleaners’ owner, Dave Nemec, was invited to the Minneapolis City Hall to receive a “Green Business Award” in recognition for their eco-friendly cleaning methods. The dry cleaning company which is based in Stillwater, MN, switched to eco-friendly cleaning solvents in 2007 and have never looked back. “We are always looking for the next best technologies and opportunities to clean clothes with sustainable and eco-friendly practices. We have been working very hard to continue increasing our quality standards while staying as earth-friendly as possible. It’s such an honor to be recognized for these efforts,” Nemec stated.

Why eco-friendly? Because when your garments are cleaned using earth-friendly solvents, they smell better, stay brighter longer, and are softer to the touch. St Croix | White Way Cleaners has also installed a water re-circulation system, uses bio-degradable plastic bags and recycles hangers at all of their 20 Twin Cities Metro locations.”  from PRWeb

St. Croix cleaners uses a combination of  Kreussler’s SYSTEMK4 line of products and hydrocarbon for their Green Care approach. St Croix Cleaners also uses a water circulation system, effectively recycling and reusing the water supply in our dry cleaning plant.

St Croix Cleaners is a family-owned and operated, earth friendly dry cleaner. They strive to provide the highest customer service and highest quality dry cleaning to their valued customers. Their mission is provide the highest quality, non-toxic dry cleaning, laundry and specialty cleaning to the Twin Cities area, while providing excellent customer service. Values: Integrity, Quality Work, and superior customer service.

You can find St. Croix Cleaners on their website, Facebook, Twitter, and blog.

Pictured (from left to right): Patrick Hanlon – City of Minneapolis, Environmental Services, Polly & Dave Nemec – Owners, St Croix | White Way Cleaners, Kelley Nemec – Marketing Manager, St Croix | White Way Cleaners, and Mike Nelson – MN Pollution Control Agency.

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