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Lush laundry

Posted on 01. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra in Uncategorized

Dirty laundry is nasty. Sweaty, stinky, filthy and just plain ugly.

But like all industries, it just takes some clever oke to think a bit differently about a tired old practice to breath new life into it.

Slate is an all-inclusive laundry service for NYC residents available through
the web.
Customers sign up for a weekly flat fee of USD 50-60 (GBP
29-35/EUR 42-50), receive a Slate hamper, then choose a pick-up time.
Which means no standing in line, no counting and itemizing, no
financial surprises: Slate does the sorting, and determines which
garment needs to be cleaned by which process (anything from
hydro-carbon, wet-cleaning, hand washing, to regular
laundering). Cleaned clothes come back wrapped, tagged, and good as
new.

The environment also gets a gentler treatment, as the company uses
a combination of bio-degradable and organic agents. [via Springwise]

Hey, this makes perfect sense. If you’re going to spend R1500 on a pair of jeans….you’re not going to want screw up the wash cycle temp.
Make you think why anybody would still put their cars through that dodgy car wash at the garage.