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January 9, 2009
What's the Difference Between Starch and Sizing?

Q: What’s the difference between starch and sizing? Can spray starch be used in place of sizing?

A: Starch is used to stiffen fabrics such as shirt collars and cuffs, while sizing is used to add body, “crispness” and “hand” to garments. Starch is vegetable-based (it’s formulated from wheat, corn or rice), while sizing is a resinous solution that can be either vegetable- or plastic-based.

June 30, 2008
Environmentalists Against N.Y. Recycling Law

NEW YORK — A leading environmental group has come out against a proposed New York State law mandating plastic-bag recycling, saying it would weaken a similar law set to go into effect next month in New York City.

January 28, 2008
Bloomberg Signs NYC Plastic-Bag Recycling Bill

NEW YORK, N.Y. — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a law last Wednesday requiring large retailers to offer a plastic-bag recycling program and use recycled plastic bags. New Yorkers use an estimated 1 billion plastic bags every year.

November 28, 2007
Can I Dryclean An Electric Blanket?

Q: We often receive electric blankets from customers. Some of them do not carry care instructions. Can electric blankets be drycleaned?

A: No! Under no circumstances should an electric blanket be drycleaned. Electric blankets contain wires, electrical connections and heating elements that are covered by or encased in plastic.

Drycleaning solvents can dissolve the plastic insulators, exposing the wires. And the heat produced during reclamation may melt or crack the plastic insulation.