CHICAGO — “Going green” in the laundry industry can mean lots of different things. It can relate to using enviro-friendly detergents, installing certain equipment dedicated to conserving energy, or choosing specially constructed textiles. The act of laundering itself is inherently green.
Often, one can discover new ways to improve by watching what their colleagues are doing. So, this month, we’ve profiled some representative laundries of varying types to examine how they’ve made their operations “greener.”