Wire Hangers from the Dry Cleaners - Recycle Them!

Heather from Sacramento, California writes in to ask: "What can I do with the endless stack of wire hangers from the dry cleaners? I'd like to be eco-conscious and don't want to just throw them in the trash. My dry cleaner won't accept them back. Any suggestions?"

Spot On Ideas did national research and found that most major and minor city curb-side recycling programs accept wire hangers. How to dispose of wire hangers? Check your recycling provider's website or call (look on your bill for the URL or Google it by: city of "name of city" recycling). In Spot On Ideas research, we found that the city websites frequently did not list wire hangers in the "acceptable" list, but when our representatives called, the hangers were on the official "acceptable" list.

Heather, we called City of Sacramento curb-side recycling program and they do accept wire hangers from the dry cleaners! There is no special procedure, but Spot On Ideas recommends bundling them and removing any paper. Thanks for the question because since you emailed us, we have had many others with the same dilemma.

Email this info. to all your friends who use dry cleaning - let's get those hangers into the recycling bin and not the garbage can (or should we say landfill?). You all saw Wall-E, right?

Comments

[Heather]

Hey Spot On Ideas! Thanks so much for your response to this dilemma! I feel so much better now knowing that I can bundle all those wire hangers for them to be recycled. Thanks Spot On Ideas for this great tip!