By Ashley Phillips
Green Right Now

Once, people pounded clothes with rocks to get them cleaned. Now we’ve come full circle, with dry cleaning headed back to those Earthy roots.

Many people are familiar with the use of hazardous chemicals in modern dry-cleaning solution. The primary cleaning solvent used in most dry-cleaners is perchloroethylene or “perc”. The Environmental Protection Agency classified this petroleum chemical as a Toxic Air Contaminant and a probable human carcinogen and many environmentalists believe that the residue on your clothes can’t be a healthything.

Now there is a better alternative and believe it or not, it is made essentially from liquefied sand.

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By Melissa Segrest
Green Right Now

Paul Dorn knows that getting Americans to ride a bike to work instead of driving a car is quite the uphill battle. Even on a good day, he says, only a tiny percentage of the nation’s commuters use pedal power to get to their jobs.

He remains undeterred.

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MailStopper is a service that manages your mail and cuts undesired solicitations and marketing materials. The service, available for $20 per year, works in these primary areas:

• Direct marketing lists — MailStopper says it can get your name (and others in your household) off nine common lists used by thousands of marketers.
• Custom catalog selector — You tell MailStopper which retailers, charities, and other senders have you on their list. The company has more than 6,500 in its system, and will work with those senders to remove your name.
• Ongoing monthly monitoring — MailStopper checks key direct mail lists monthly and simplifies the process of resubmitting requests.

Find out how to un-clutter your life by stopping junk mail at MailStopper.

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