TRENTON, N.J. — In an incredible show of solidarity, more than 120 members of the industry convened in New Jersey on Friday to deliver testimony against a proposal from the state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to ban perchloroethylene use in drycleaning completely by 2021.
TRENTON, N.J. — Representatives of the industry will join in New Jersey on Friday to comment on the state’s proposed phaseout of perchloroethylene use in drycleaning.
Leaders of the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) and National Cleaners Association (NCA) will appear to comment, and encourage members to attend. A big turnout from drycleaners, the associations say, will help convince legislators to amend the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proposal.
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.
