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22 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, October 3 Reese Cleaners is putting the environment, customers and staff first Doing their part or the owners of Reese Cleanâ€" Fers. there‘s one priority that drives their business: keeping their customers and employees safe. That‘s why they use an environâ€" mentally friendly dryâ€"cleaning sysâ€" tem that costs them more money to clean clothes than traditional methods, although their prices don‘t reflect that. Owners Sheneil and Aly Jiwani installed the GreenEarth Cleaning system about a year ago. â€" Instead of harmful chemicals, it uses a liquid silicon â€" which is basically liquefied sand â€" that is also a base ingredient in many shampoos and cosmetics. "When your garment is being cleaned, (sand} goes into your clothes, washes out the stain and then leaves the garment," Aly said. "The best part about it is I don‘t have to worry about my customers ever being affected by this. I know their health is in good regard by using this product." Most dry cleaners, in contrast, use a solvent called perchloroethâ€" ylene â€" more commonly known as "perc" â€" to clean the clothes. "Exposure to it for a long period of time can be hazardous to your health," said Aly, adding it‘s been around for almost a century. "Your pores are open on your skin, and if you‘re putting on something that has proven to be toxic, it‘s generally not good for anyone." That‘s not the case at Reese Cleaners, whose owners pride Plus, perc‘s scent is so strong people can smell it on their newly cleaned clothes By Jennirer ORMSTON _ Chronicle Staff Good Old Fashioned Country Fun For The Whole Parn "Farmily"! 2298 themseives in giving clients their clothes back feeling soft and lookâ€" ing bright. â€" _ _Perc, according to a GreenEarth pamphilet, is classified as a toxic air contaminant. And it‘s a cheaper substance to use than liquid silicone, which means the cost of doing business has gone up for the young entreâ€" preneurs since they began using GreenEarth. The coâ€"owners of Reese Cleaners, Aly and Sheneil Jiwani, use an environmentally friendly cleaning system for their two Waterloo locations "This is a cost that‘s been absorbed by us just for the main reason that we wanted to be innoâ€" * Get Lost... Corn Maze * "Barn Gone Bad"... Spook Barn * Piggy Racin‘ * Granny Pearl‘s (Secret) Gold Mine * NEW L‘il Dumplins Barnyard (Playground) * Hay BaleMazes and Climbs * Giant Hillbilly Slider (30 foot slide) * Silo Climbin‘ + NEW Flo Gently & Farmyard Friends * Cow Patty Bingo * Wanderin‘ Characters * Pumpkins & Corn Stalks for Sale * Haunted Hay Ride and so much more! 2007 Saturday 11 am â€" 5:30 pm, Sunday 11 am â€" 5:30 pm Thanksgiving Monday 11 am â€" 5:30 pm BUSINESS Join me _ P ’4'"\‘"2‘.!5@'@ Mrazel (519) 624+â€"0085 vative in the product and service that we provide, but we also wantâ€" ed to make sure we‘re competitive in our pricing," said Aly Reese Cleaners has been servâ€" ing Waterloo residents for the last 50 years. â€" The familyâ€"run business was started by the Reese family, and subsequently went through a few owners. In 2000, Sheneil‘s parents, Shawn and Mina Mithani, purâ€" chased the business. And Sheneil and Aly, aged 25 Sutario Farm Fr.,, Ts II \ 94 Bridgeport Rd. (at Weber, Zellers Plaza) and 27 respectively, took it over one year ago. The couple has financial backâ€" grounds; Sheneil used to work as a portfolio manager on Bay Street, while her husband worked there as an investment banker. "We decided we did want to start our own business and this was an opportunity here at Reese to take an old type of business and revolutionize it by being the only GreenEarth cleaner in Waterloo," Aly said. One of the things that concerns F L 0O W E R S ‘Family Owned and Operated Since 1994"" anksgiving Flowers ARRANGEMENTS Long Stem ROSES him about perc is the fact there‘s been cases where it hasn‘t been disposed of properly, which can have serious consequences. "There‘s actually been studies where it‘s gone through the ground and tapped into water streams," he said, adding it‘s posâ€" sible the Ontario government will ban the chemical down the road. For Sheneil, using GreenEarth is the right way to run their business, especially because people are fro-f§ 1 69301 Centrepiece 519â€"888â€"7070 , Mon. â€" fr. _ Jamâ€"7ipm Sat Qamâ€"6pm Sun. 11amâ€"4pm Continued on page 23 REGULAR HOURS & up JENWMFEA ORMSTON PHOTO