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June 28, 2010
New Jersey Dedicates $5 Million to Grants

TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is dedicating $5 million to funding grants for drycleaners who wish to upgrade to new equipment and cut perchloroethylene emissions.

Won in a lawsuit against three Midwestern utilities whose emissions reached New Jersey airspace, the money will help plants using perc replace or upgrade their equipment to "greener" technologies, DEP says. Approximately 1,700 perc machines are in use in the state today.

March 13, 2009
Toward a ‘Greener’ Planet

A lot has been written about “going green” — using “environmentally friendly” processes and strategies such as alternative solvents, recycling hangers or offering biodegradable poly.

March 10, 2009
Whirlpool Wins 10th ENERGY STAR Award

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have given Whirlpool Corp. the 2009 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence award. The award recognizes the company’s leadership in offering energy- and water-efficient appliances, Whirlpool says. This is the company’s 10th ENERGY STAR award and fourth consecutive Sustained Excellence win.

December 12, 2007
New Jersey Issues Perc Phaseout Plan

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is issuing a plan to phase out perchloroethylene use in drycleaning, with a full ban effective in 2021.

Under the proposal, drycleaners would have until Jan. 1, 2010 to install fourth-generation, nonvented perc units to limit airborne emissions of perc, or retrofit their current equipment with vapor barriers.

October 3, 2007
EPA Adds Utah Site to Priority List

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has added the Five Points plume in Woods Cross City, Utah, to its National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. The plume of perchloroethylene contamination is thought to have come from a drycleaning plant once located at a nearby strip mall.