Parkway Cleaners in Edmond, Oklahoma goes Green

I know that it is hard to make a dry cleaners sound sexy, but Parkway Cleaners in Edmond Oklahoma does just that. The owner, Mark Neighbors is passionate about cleaning, and he is advanced beyond most places in the country, like bloggers and social networkers go one step beyond in marketing.

First, let me talk to about technology. Mark hired an Italian company to build the largest conveyor belt dry cleaners system they had ever built. When you walk into Parkway and give them your name for pick up, the system automatically starts moving. When your laundry and/or dry cleaning come down to the floor level, automatic arms pick it up, put it in a bagging area, and automactically bad your clothing. Everything is bar coded for a fool proof system. When I bring in my clothes I have two different bags depending on what i bring, and it not only knows the clothes are mine, it knows that I want cold wash and no starch. It knows if I want shirts folded or on hangers. I love to come in just to watch.

Second and most important, Parkway believes in being Green and they have won national awards. They recycle hangers, and they only use biodegradable bags. The plant is run on electricity 100% from wind power. The steam for pressing that lies unused in the pipes, rather than being allowed to evaporate is sent back to an energy efficient heat exchanger and reused. They have even with a dramatic increase in business cut the solvent use to 1/10th what it used to be, and it is used 100% of its total. Once a month a lab in Germany test the solvent for purity. Parkway has the only CO2 cleaning machin in Oklahoma which uses chilled comporessed liquid carbon to clean the clothes. This is the only method that has won EPA approval as environmentally neutral. It is actually more environmentally friendly that washing in water! It also eliminates a solvent most cleaners use called perchloroethylene, which is now known as a pollutant, and a potential carcinogen.

I am proud to have Parkway as a preferred partner that I am adding to my web sites. I should also mention that Parkway in the same block has a world class mens clothing store, men and womens shoe store, and office buildings that house 4 restuarants, and a space for University of Central Oklahoma jazz musicians to practice and play concerts. Mark Neighbors and Parkway are another Oklahoma Gem that I am featuring in the month of August. Go by 140 E. 5th St in Edmond, Oklahoma 73034, call them at 405-341-3211, or visit them online at www.parkwaycleaners.com.