What Can I Do With Dry Cleaning Accessories?
Dry cleaner hangers made of wire are not recyclable, so here is where reuse comes into play. The good news is that there are plenty of options for using these wires so they don’t end up in landfills.
The easy option is to return them to the dry cleaner for reuse with a different customer. However, you can also use the wire for art projects, such as bending one into a circle, adding leaves and creating a holiday wreath.
Dry cleaner bags fall into the same category where it is better to reuse than attempt to recycle. The slippery plastic from these bags serves as a good defense for wrinkles when you are traveling, so using them can help you avoid ironing your clothes on a business trip.
As of June 17th 2011 we have upgraded our comment system to use Facebook comments. The below comments are closed and are listed for historical purposes.
Janet
posted on November 29th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Why not use the wire hangers to transport your cast-off clothing to Goodwill or Salvation Army?
Marilyn
posted on December 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
The plastic bags used over the clothing in drycleaning can be used by potters or ceramic artists; it helps keeps projects from drying out if the artist needs to set the item aside for a day or so. Ask local colleges, studios or artists if they could reuse your supply rather than having to purchase or ask for donations from local dry cleaners.
Also, my son made a project at schoool; the class made wreaths using drycleaning wire hangers and the used dry cleaning plastic- since we dont do much dry cleaning, other students helped supply him. This wreath is now going on four years of front door service- it stores well and any frayed plastic ends can be trimmed easily; this year we may need to add some holiday rick rack to replace some pieces that have flown off.
Just a couple of idea.
Russell
posted on May 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 am
Why is the wire in dry cleaning hangers not recyclable? Isn’t it just steel?
Also, wire coat hangers work well as braising rod for oxy-acetylene gas welding… Life on a farm.
Kem
posted on September 24th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I’d like to know also, why are the wire hangers not recyclable?
kathryn
posted on April 8th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
The wire hangers are recycled in other countries but not in US. Why? because we just don’t have the program. No one is bothering with it. We figure it is cheaper to import the hangers from China than to recycle. We need to voice our opinions and tell city governments to start steel recycling program.
linda galarza
posted on July 23rd, 2010 at 5:18 pm
my children, ages 13 and 15, understand the hardship we have to buy cars and save for colleges and have decided to collect bottles, cans, hangers to make some money and also clean the environment. i believe this is a great idea but are comming across a stumble block on how to start this. please give us some ideas, they are really eager to get started. (busy kids are better producers in the work place later on). thank you for any ideas. we live in brandon, fla