how green are plastic and wire coat hangers?

Hangers?
Seriously, do we really need environmental protection?
Is the hanger friendly?
\"Do we have it,\" said Danny Schag, CEO of Morristown Valley recycling, Tennessee.
\"Now 90% of the clothes in the United States are imported, and every piece of clothing imported from overseas is hung on a hanger --
There are 30 to 40 billion people each year.
\"From one end to the other, the 40 billion hangers will extend about 8 million miles far beyond the lunar orbit.
To make matters worse, most of these hangers are plastic and live for a season
About three months.
Until recently, few people have been recycled.
The problem is double.
Not only do many hangers use metal hooks, but most of them have thin paper, foam, fabric and soft and transparent pieces of plastic (
All imported clothes are packed in plastic bags)
Still stick to them.
The result is a material zoo that most recycling centers cannot handle.
In addition to this, the hangers are made of seven different types of plastic.
When the department-
The clerk rarely bothered K-
Resin of polystyrene No.
Our recyclers cannot process the mixture.
That\'s why 85% of plastic hangers end up in landfill, and toxins like benzene and double phenol are spilled
According to Schrager, A enters groundwater along the way.
To solve this problem, Schrager established Valley recycling in 2003.
The company accepts raw materials for recycling, its sister company Fla Raton, Fla.
Can make their consumer products.
Valley works directly with retailers such as Polo Ralph Lauren to use a proprietary technology that enables sorting of polymers to recycle 25 million pounds of hangers per year
No matter what they are made of or what they are attached.
The plastic produced is then either sold for commercial use (
Thus greening the supply chain of another company)
Or be sent to the next life, from shopping cart to industry, recycled plastic is shaped into a variety of things
Size of trash can.
Schrager said: \"When these products end up wearing out, the Valley will start the whole process again.
\"The hook of Schrager is not the only one.
Similarly, the same is true for haners to Hangers, a subsidiary of Greenheart International in Oakland, California.
Provide services to its customer retailers, including Gap and L. L.
Bean, an option: 100% recycled paper rack or 100% recycled PET (soda-bottle plastic)model.
Ditto, also directly through the carton or 10-pack —
Phone orders only 510-261-7383.
Then it\'s done.
The cleaning industry, this is a completely different story because its machines prefer wire hangers, about 3. 3.
There are billions of people every year.
The Commerce Department found that wire hangers dumped by Chinese factories to the United States were lower than the cost. S.
Duties are immediately imposed on all imported wire hangers.
That helps the only remaining us. S.
Manufacturer of M & B hangers in Ala Leeds.
Take back a large part of the market.
But it also led to thousands of mothers. and-pop dry-
When the price of each hanger soared from 4 cents to 10 cents, the cleaning company made a foul sound.
Many of them began to ask customers to bring back unused wire hangers.
According to Bob Kantor of eco-, only about 10% of wire hangers were eventually reused or recycled until then
Network of hanger manufacturers.
The rest is about 100 tons a year, and it is finally buried.
Greg Crawford of Pittsburgh pointed out: \"This is not necessarily the case --
Headquartered in the steel recycling Research Institute.
\"Steel hangers are completely recyclable.
The only problem is that many cities have not yet formally incorporated it into the recycling program.
\"M & B has started to make hangers with recycled steel, although tariffs only make up the third place in the market.
Two other jobs.
The third is New York City.
A network of hangers created by former advertising director Kanter.
Its ecological hanger consists of two parts: the main body is 100% columns
Consumer scrap cardboard, neck made of recycled polypropylene number
5. plastic used in bottle caps.
\"It\'s 50% stronger than a regular hanger,\" Kantor said . \".
At present, 35,000 dry cleaners have replaced ecological hangers.
How much do they cost?
This is the wonderful part.
Kantor offers eco hangers for dry cleaners free of charge, but includes advertising.
The neck of the hanger is pre-
Sold to companies like Staples, Levi Strauss, and Miller that use them as mini-productsbillboards.
In 2009, the eco hanger will be available to consumers, which will take us to the last and smallest pocket in the United States. S. clothes-hanger market —
0. 5 billion plastic, wood and wire hangers purchased at retail stores each year.
Attacking the high end of the industry is industrial designers like London.
Ryan Frank\'s Zilka hanger is made from compressed old newspaper with a retro design with a built-in tie hook
They are not cheap, though they are $22 per person.
For those with a budget, Merrick Engineering, Corona, California
, Produced a series of \"Earthsaver\" bamboo hangers for sale in the Target store.
Early varieties of corn
Hangers for sale at Walmart
In the past few years, when the cost of biofuels has soared, Mart has stopped selling.
Or, well, you can throw all your clothes in the corner and avoid the whole mess.