Green News & Links
Green News:
Dollar Wise promotes Green Dry Cleaning at Moose Game!
Dollar Wise runs Service Vehicle on Veggie Oil
"Veggie Oil powers Cleaners' Van"
September 15, 2008
Alternative Fuel Service Vehicle
Dollar Wise Quality Cleaners is proud to announce the arrival of their new alternative fuel service vehicle. The new van, which hit the streets of Winnipeg on September 10th, 2008, runs on recycled vegetable oil.
Recycled vegetable oil, not to be confused with “bio-diesel”, which is a manufactured fuel, is collected from local restaurants in the Winnipeg area. The oil is used in a converted diesel engine and cannot be used in a gasoline engine. Recycled vegetable oil will provide 95 – 97% of the performance output as diesel fuel, at about half the
cost.
Shane Johnston, General Manager, states, “Our previous service
vehicle ran on gasoline. The estimated cost savings with recycled vegetable oil
is over 60%, which, for us, equates to about $10,000.00 annually.”
This
diesel van was purchased in Germany and was shipped to Winnipeg where it was
taken to Frank Motors at 575 Notre Dame Ave. Within three days they had the van
converted and safetied. The van will run all year round. In the winter, the
engine will start up on diesel and switch automatically to vegetable oil as soon
as the engine is warm enough.
Most important, canola plants, which
provide the vegetable oil originally, require carbon dioxide to grow. So the
small amount of carbon released as the van is driven actually contributes to the
health of this renewable resource.
100% Environmentally Friendly Dry Cleaning Solvent
On Earth Day, April 22, 2008, Dollar Wise went 100% GREEN! Our dry cleaning solvent was converted to an organic brominated solvent called DRYSOLV, a non-hazardous, non-chlorinated, non-flammable, non-pollutant solvent.
The Mayor, Sam Katz, cutting the ribbon on our Grand Green Re-opening:
Winnipeg Free Press
May 16, 2008
"Environmentally Responsible "Drop In" Replacement Solvent for Perc Machines is here now"
August 20, 2008
Dollar Wise is proud to support Wheely Green Bike Taxi
Winnipeg Free Press
July 19, 2008
Shane with the crew of the first Bike Taxi to hit the Winnipeg streets.
Green Links:
DrySolv website
www.dctco.com/products_drysolv.html
Wheely Green Bike Taxi
An ecologically friendly marketing company and Winnipeg's first bike taxi.
http://wheelygreen.ca
Dry Clean Green
The Daily Green
www.thedailygreen.com
Organic Dry Cleaning
The Daily Green
www.thedailygreen.com
Green Dry Cleaning
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