Courtesy Cleaners - Your Clothes Deserve Courtesy - Dry Cleaning Service Rhode Island

Clean Clothes, Clean Conscience. Delivered with Courtesy.

Now there’s even more to love about your favorite RI dry cleaner, because we’ve gone green! An industry innovator, Courtesy is proud to be the only Rhode Island garment care company to adopt SYSTEMK4—a revolutionary, earth-friendly cleaning process. Effective Earth Day 2011, our state-of-the-art cleaning and manufacturing facility is using this halogen-free, non-toxic solvent to care for all of your fine apparel, linens, bedding and household textiles.

Developed in Europe by Kreussler, a Green Business Bureau-accredited company, SYSTEMK4 is setting new standards in dry cleaning. This breakthrough green cleaning process utilizes SOLVONK4, an organic solvent with an absolute pureness of 99% that’s completely odorless—and cleans exceptionally well without hazardous chemicals. In fact, SOLVONK4 is proven to be absolutely safe: for you, your fabrics and the environment.

Demonstrated benefits include:

• Superior cleaning quality and spot removal
• Skin-friendly, dermatologist-approved formulation
• Biodegradable, petroleum-free ingredients
• Optimal fabric protection due to shorter cleaning cycles and reduced abrasion

Courtesy’s continuing commitment to being Rhode Island’s premier environmentally friendly garment care company make us a proud and responsible asset to our community, as well as our clients. In addition to our green cleaning process, we’re a proud member of the Green Business Bureau—an organization recognizing award-winning companies for their green accomplishments.

At Courtesy, we know that you have a choice when it comes to garment care. When you trust us with your fine fabrics, you’ll look good, breathe easy—and take sustainable steps toward creating a better world. Go ahead. Experience eco-friendly Courtesy, delivered naturally.

Other Environmental Initiatives.

At Courtesy Cleaners, “Going Green” is much more than lip service. In addition to setting the pace for green garment care, we believe that other parts of our job should also be conducted with a minimal environmental impact. Our other green initiatives range from recycling programs to reduced fuel costs, and include:

1. Coming soon: Courtesy Cleaners will offer customers the option to have their clothes returned to them FREE OF PLASTIC! Garments will be returned in a reusable garment bag made of recycled material.
2. Hanger recycling program
3. Customer poly recycling program
4. GPS system use in all Courtesy vehicles, which limits excess vehicle mileage
5. Synthetic motor oil use in all Courtesy vehicles, which decreases oil changes by more than half
6. "No idle" policy for all Courtesy trucks
7. Energy efficient facility lighting, including automatic shutoffs
8. Permanent barcode use, which saves paper
9. Natural gas use for all appliances
10. Installation of a fully modulating, ultra high-efficiency boiler, which will reduce natural gas consumption by 30 to 35 percent
11. Insulated steam pipes, which eliminate heat loss
12. Installation of 70 newly designed, state-of-the-art steam traps, which reduce steam loss by a minimum of 50 percent versus old system
13. Quarterly steam-trap testing to ensure minimal energy usage
14. As of May 13, 2011, our newly designed shirt pressing dept. will reduce overall energy usage by at least 40 percent with the introduction of two brand new, energy-efficient pressing stations
15. Cooling water production program, which reduces the use of fresh water to cool our dry cleaning machines from 3,000 gallons per day to an average of 50 to 75 gallons per day
16. Hot water recycling program (80 to 90 percent of all hot water is generated through condensate returns, which would otherwise be wasted)
17. Wet cleaning, which combines high-quality biodegradable cleaning agents with high extraction speeds to minimize detergent usage and reduce drying times
18. Waste recycling programs (including cardboard, glass, and plastic)