State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Fact Sheet Managing and Reducing Hazardous Wastes From Dry Cleaning August 1993 Dry cleaning is a service industry involved in cleaning apparel and goods. Hot air then passes through condensing coils where it is condensed back into a liquid for reuse.
Extraction is essential to any dry cleaning operation.
It reduces solvent losses, eliminates waste and dripping of solvents, and reduces the weight of wet garments. The drying process removes any solvent remaining in the garments by tumbling them in a stream of warm air. When the removal of solvent is complete, the clothes often are treated with a stream of fresh air, a process called deodorizing or aerating. A characteristic waste is not listed by name in the regulations. The TCLP test simulates the acidic conditions found in a landfill and determines how much of certain regulated substances would leach from the waste if it is placed in a landfill.