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3.5 billion wire hangers are tossed into landfills every year,
and that's just in the United States. While the hangers are
light, inexpensive and sturdy, they're not bio-degradable.
Hanger Network has developed an alternative: a dry cleaner's
hanger made entirely from recycled paper. These EcoHangers
are sturdy and cheap. And because they're made of paper, they
can be completely covered in full-colour advertising.
 Hanger
Network has a distribution deal with Cleaner's Supply ('America's
largest direct supplier of dry cleaning products') and currently
has network capacity of over 50 million hangers per week.
The company just raised USD 8 million in venture capital,
which will allow it to expand from the New York area to the
rest of the US. One to partner with and quickly set up in
other countries! .
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