Scarborough dry cleaner fined $10,000 for mismanging toxic waste

Download a handy printable guide from TEA and Environmental Defence to help you get toxic chemicals out of your clothes.

More dry cleaners are claiming they use “eco-friendly” or “organic” solvents to get your shirts white, but most aren’t what they seem...

TEA has done their research and found a number of professional wet cleaners in Toronto that do 100% of their cleaning using the wet process instead of harsh chemical solvents. Find the wet cleaner closest to you with this interactive map.

A cleaning process known as “wet cleaning” is far preferable to other dry cleaning methods for our health and our environment, according to a scorecard released by the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) today.

Find out which dry cleaners still use toxic perc to clean clothes with TEA's Perc in Toronto map! Learn more about the safest alternative to perc at torontoenvironment.org/wetclean

Did you know that California, Massachusetts and the City of New York actively promote the transition from perc to safer dry cleaning alternatives?

Learn more about the advantages of wet cleaning.

How did TEA know how to score dry cleaners based on the chemicals they use? The Toxics Use Reduction Institute of course!