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Dry Cleaning - Fabricare

Regulations

• Environment Canada's Dry Cleaning Regulation website

• Ontario Regulation 323/94

• Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations

Environmental Codes

• A Comprehensive Review of the 1994 to 2000 Perchloroethylene (PERC) Use Pattern in Canada

• Environmental Code of Management Practice for Laundry Operators

• Environmental Code of Practice for the Reduction of Solvent Emissions from Dry Cleaning Facilities

• Strategic Options Report

• Tetrachloroethylene in the Dry Cleaning Sector: Report of Stakeholder Consultations

Best Management Practices

• Environmental Guide for Ohio Dry Cleaners

• Pollution Solutions: Dry Cleaning

• Profile of the Dry Cleaning Industry: U.S. EPA Sector Notebook Project

Wet Cleaning

• Alternative Aqueous Cleaning Systems for Dry Cleaners

• The Green Clean Project: The Final Report

Other Processes

• CNN - Scientists find way to detox dry cleaning

• GreenEarth Cleaning

• Micare® Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Technology

• Supercritical Carbon-dioxide Cleaning Technology Review

Training

• Ontario Dry Cleaners Training

• Training Curriculum for Alternative Clothes Cleaning

Programs

• British Columbia

• Environmental Choice Program - Garment Cleaning Services

• Indiana 5-Star Environmental Recognition Program for Drycleaners

• Michigan Dry Cleaning Program

• Ontario - The Green Clean Project

• U.S. EPA's Garment & Textile Care Partnership

Success Stories

• Alternative Technologies - Dry Cleaning

• Barrhead Cleaners

• Garment Wet Cleaning Case Study

Key Contacts

• Canada's Green Dry Cleaners List
• Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (CPPIC)
	Role: Internet-based information tool providing links to pollution prevention resources (use sector-specific search function) Information: publications, fact sheets, case studies, success stories
• Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
	Information: wet cleaning demonstration project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Directory of Canadian Fabricare Associations
• Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable: Dry Cleaning & Laundries
• Green Ontario - Dry Cleaning
	Information: links to information on perc alternatives, regulations, key contacts
• International Fabricare Institute (IFI)
• Ontario Fabricare Association
• Urban and Environmental Policy Institute: Pollution Prevention Center
	Role:conducts research and provides education on pollution prevention alternatives to perchloroethylene-based dry cleaning Information: publications, research reports, fact sheets, articles