A big part of going green is becoming more conscious of everyday things and their lifecycle.  Take for example, plastic hangers.  At first glance, typical clothes hangers might seem rather harmless. But in fact, they are a blight on our environment.

It’s estimated that 8 billion plastic hangers are thrown into landfills each year, leaching some of the most toxic chemicals such as benzene and bisphenol-A into our ground water for upwards of 1000 years.  Oakland-based GreenHeart Global is a sustainable industrial design and manufacturing company whose first product line is Ditto Hangers, which are made from recycled or easily recycled materials and intended for various retail markets. For the past several months they’ve been making available to consumers, packs of 100 of  their eco-friendly hangers  (100 @ $74).

And beginning next month, handy 10-packs of Ditto hangers (price, TBD) will be offered to consumers as well. As positive eco change takes many forms, this is very good indeed.

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