New Resources Guide: Clothesnik
Eco-conscious entrepreneur Jane Wyler is out to cut down the consumption of one more form of disposable plastic bags. Wyler’s cotton canvas garment bag, called the Clothesnik, is designed to replace the clear plastic bags provided by the dry cleaner.
The Clothesnik acts as a drawstring laundry bag when held upside down for customers to drop their dirty clothes off at the dry cleaners. The labeled canvas garment bag is left at the dry cleaner so that when the customer picks up the laundered clothes, they will be packaged hanging in the zip-front Clothesnik garment bag instead of in individual plastic garment bags.
“Everyone is addressing the issue of market bags. It seemed so obvious,” Wyler said of the need to create a replacement for plastic dry-cleaning bags.
Retail stores carrying the bags include Living Green in Culver City and Santa Barbara, Calif.; Kellygreen in Los Angeles; Green and Greener in Valley Village, Calif.; and The Green Life in Santa Monica, Calif.
Some dry cleaners—such as Presto Cleaners in Glendale, Calif.; Paragon Cleaners in Hollywood; and Ritz Cleaners in Los Angeles—sell the bags, as well. —Rhea Cortado
Contact: (310) 472-3873; www.reuseniks.com
Wholesale Price Points: $15
