Polymers Can Help Remove Staining Materials from Clothing
Jun 23, 2009
At the world’s largest textile care exposition,GreenEarth Cleaning, LLC and Xeros Ltd announced a new partnership to bring “virtually waterless” laundry cleaning technology to the retail dry cleaning industry. Xeros is the brand name for a patented laundering process that replaces the majority of water with reusable polymer beads, reducing the water and electricity required for effective cleaning.
Three years of laboratory testing confirms that the Xeros cleaning process cleans as well as conventional washing while requiring 90% less water and operating with a substantially lower electricity burden. GreenEarth, which currently licenses its patented silicone-based dry cleaning technology around the world, will have exclusive rights to distribute the Xeros technology throughout North America to retail dry cleaners.
The partnership will enable dry cleaners using both cleaning processes to have the lowest overall carbon footprint possible. “We are excited to introduce this revolutionary technology here at the Clean Show, almost ten years to the date when we first introduced the GreenEarth technology at the 1999 Clean Show in Orlando,” says Ron Benjamin, GreenEarth Cleaning Managing Director. “We honestly believe Xeros will change the way we launder clothes while helping to conserve our fresh water supply. What a remarkable concept—wet cleaning that no longer sends water down the drain.”
