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Ditto Hangers at the Eco Oscars
Patti Nernberg talks Ditto
MARCH 18, 2010
Our own Patti Nernberg talks about the ecological benefits of Ditto Hangers at the Eco Oscars.
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Huffington Post - Ditto is Most Awesome
Zorianna Kit Highlights Ditto Hangers for the 2010 Eco Oscars
MARCH 9, 2010
Ditto Ecological Hangers were called out as the "Most Awesome Item" by Zorianna Kit for the 2010 Eco Oscars event in Beverly Hills last week. Zorianna has been a fan of Ditto since she discovered them at the 2009 Eco Emmys where Ditto had a booth. We're a fan of Zorianna as well!
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GreenHeart Global in San Francisco Business Times
Green Biz Start-up Scores Blue Chip Clients
DECEMBER 2, 2009
The San Francisco Business Times included Oakland based green product design company GreenHeart Global on their article on job growth in Oakland.
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Eco-Friendly Hangers
The Answer to Environmental Hang-Ups?
DECEMBER 1, 2009
Insightful article about the different types of ecological hangers available, including Ditto Hangers. Well written by Patrick Henry, this article discusses waste, recycling and design issues regarding the much maligned sector known as garment hangers.
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Fast Company names GreenHeart Global as one of the companies changing the world.
A New Breed of Eco-Designers: Eco-designers are crafting clever solutions that will divert tons of waste from landfills.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Eco design company GreenHeart Global was chosen as one of 6 product companies saving the world by redesigning everyday products. Peter Arnell, international branding guru, mentioned GreenHeart Global's Ditto Hangers saying it was designers like GreenHeart Global that will really change the world towards sustainability.
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Designer Exhibit at GIT
The Georgia Institute of Technology puts on a show all about hangers
APRIL 14, 2009
A new show at Georgia Institute of Technology brings together an wide swath of creative minds who’ve taken on the humble hanger. Assembled by GIT’s History of Modern Design Class for the Spring of 2009, the collection includes hangers made out of paper, bottle brushes, stainless steel and inflatable plastic.
The curator for the show writes:
This exhibition could just as easily be about forks. Or staplers. Or task lamps for that matter. All of these items have covertly infiltrated your daily existence. They are blades of grass in the landscape of your object environment. Yet designers will look at such mundane things and recognize that they can be more than what they normally are. Off the Hook aims to celebrate one of the most overlooked and unconsidered objects: the clothes hanger
Hangers are one of the simplest tools we come into contact with each day, yet when we look at new ways designers have imagined them, they can speak volumes about design. Off the Hook not only gives a visual overview of contemporary hanger design, but it gives the viewer insight into how a designer's mind works; a designer is always looking for ways to improve or add excitement to even the most basic products. If designers can do this with a clothes hanger, think of what they can do with a fork-lift or a sky scrapper.
Why clothes hangers? The clothes hanger is always there for us; it creates order in one of the most treacherous parts of our homes: the closet. Forget Joan Crawford. And pro-choice rallies. Its is time to give credit to the humble hanger and to the designers who have re-imagined them in ways that give pause and delight. You'll never think of you closet the same way again.
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Ditto in the New York Times
New Adidas SLVR Store Opens in NYC
MARCH 3, 2009
Nice write-up in the New York Times' Fashion & Style section about the opening of the NYC Adidas SLVR store "If the Apple Store Sold Clothing". Ditto Hangers is mentioned in a fun review of the SLVR store and design sense. Written my Mike Albo.
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Ditto Debuts at Adidas SLVR Stores
GreenerDesign writes about the new Adidas SLVR store working with Ditto's Hangers.
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
Ditto's award winning Ziggurat Paper Hanger now at Adidas SLVR Concept Store in New York City. These revolutionary hangers will be in the SLVR stores opening in Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Beijing, LA and Miami.
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Body, soul and spirits
Events that celebrate the good life on a more intimate and human scale
DECEMBER 4, 2008
One of the most fitting ways to end one of Hollywood’s biggest weeks was at the sprawling Pickford Manor in Hancock Park. Under the auspices of event producer Debbie Durkin and Platform Media Group founder–man-about-town– DJ Henry Eshelman and his team, the estate hosted the now-annual Eco-Emmys Celebrity Green Gifting & Wellness Château. The event benefited some of the most A-list charities including Susan G. Komen for the Cure, I Am That, Free the Slaves, Arx Pacifica and SPCA-LA.
VIPs were treated to frocks from Single by Galina Sobolev and Kir’s elegant silver pieces, TIGI Linea’s Peace Love Planet, Eco-Eyebrow by Marco Ochoa, Rob BOPI manicures and Australian-made Nvey Eco luxury make-up. However, most of the guests were focused on un-spoiling the planet by living, eating and decorating smarter, using products and furnishings by Robert Craymer, Wabasabi Green Eco Art Pillows and Bags, Forty Oaks Farms, LifeSource Whole-House Water Systems, Ray Robin’s Eco Houses, Greenheart Global’s Eco Hangers, Luscious Vegan Desserts and Cuca Fresca Cachaca (Brazil was apparently this year’s winner in the cocktail category.)
Celebrities who made the rounds included Camilla Belle, Rex Lee, Malin Akerman, Elliot Yamin, Jennifer Lewis, Maksim Chmerkovsky, Malin Akerman (Couples’ Retreat), Sharon Lawrence, Colin Egglesfield (Melrose Place) and Trevor Donovan (90210). •
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Putting the Hanger Out to Dry
Why is the Everyday Hanger so Bad?
NOVEMBER 3, 2008
Wonderful article by eco-journalist Jonathan Bardelline on the worldwide problem of hangers. GreenHeart Global's Gary Barker helps Jonathan unravel the issues that make hangers such an ecological disaster.
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Ditto's New Clip Hangers
Announcing Ditto's 100% Recyclable Paper CLIP Hanger
SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
The designers at GreenHeart Global have come up with the newest solution to keep billions of non-recyclable hangers out of the landfills. The new, intelligently designed, Ditto Paper Clip Hanger is unlike anything on the market. Designed for retail clothing companies, the Ditto Paper Clip Hanger features a body made from 100% recycled paper with adjustable and removable metal clips.
The Gap Outlet recently purchased the Ditto Paper CLIP Hanger for all 196 of their stores.
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Ditto Becomes Certified
Ditto Environmental Hangers Certified by the California Integrated Waste Management Board
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Ditto Hangers, a leader in recycled hanger designs and solutions, has been certified and recommended by the California Integrated Waste Management Board for Ditto's 100% Recyclable Paper Hanger Line. The state's Recycled Content Products (RCP) Directory provides state departments a directory of approved and recommended products to reduce waste in the state’s landfills.
Ditto Hangers has also been recommended as “State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign” (SABRC) compliant for the State of California Department of General Services (DGS) to implement State laws requiring State Agencies and the Legislature to purchase products with recycled content.
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International SPARKSAwards
Ditto's Ziggurat Hanger for Adidas wins Silver at SPARKSAward
MARCH 3, 2008
The prestigious SparksAward recently awarded GreenHeart Global with the Silver for Ecodesign for Ditto's unique Ziggurat paper hanger designed for Adidas. The SparksAward is known worldwide as the new benchmark of innovative and modern.
Designed for Adidas' SLVR Concept Stores, The Ziggurat Hanger was designed to display Adidas' high concept sportswear. Inspired by terraced hillsides and ancient structures, the design layers form where it's needed most--in the outer shoulder blades. Its form, construction and engineering are simple and utterly transparent.
Spark is a fresh, modern qualification system that recognizes new processes and technology and seeks to involve people and ideas from untapped sources. Designers from all levels and skill-sets are invited to participate, be they professional, novice or student. This year's competition attracted designers, art directors, architects, design firms, manufacturers, institutions and ad agencies.
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Sustainable Style Foundation
Ditto Hangers makes SSF Staff's Showcase as one of the top hip and sustainable products of 2008
DECEMBER 13, 2007
We are SO excited about this new product. There's been a long debate over paper vs. plastic bags (bring your own is the winner of course) but the plastic vs. wire vs. wood hanger issue has been 'hanging' over us just as long. So we truly were so, So, SO excited to see GreenHeartGlobal's new Ditto hangers come across our desk. Several design are available in both 100% recycled paper and 70% recycled content, 100% #1 PET recyclable plastic hangers. Best of all - and we LOVE this part - they have good design and have already won several design awards.
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GreenLodging News
The leading environmental news source for hospitality writes about our Ditto hangers.
NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Ditto Hangers has introduced its new, intelligently designed solution to the non-recyclable hanger. These new products are manufactured from easily recyclable and more environmentally friendly materials, to keep hangers out of landfills. Designed using two of the most recycled materials, Ditto Hangers are made from 100 percent recycled paper and 100 percent recyclable PET plastic, the same plastic used to make water bottles.
“We designed our hangers starting at the end of their useful life rather than from the beginning,” says Gary Barker, the company’s president and CEO. “That way we know they’ll have value on the secondary market, unlike the typical ‘invisible’ hanger found in most retail clothing stores.”
Created for retail clothing companies, non-toxic dry cleaners and green hospitality, Ditto Hangers are 100 percent recyclable in the majority of recycling programs at the store level. They are designed to replace the billions of polystyrene and polypropylene plastic and wire hangers that are produced annually, only 15 percent of which are typically recycled. The rest go to landfills and take more than 1,000 years to break down.
Ditto Hangers’ two lines include 100 percent recyclable Ditto Paper Hangers, made from certified recycled paper with vegetable inks and environmentally friendly starch adhesives, and Ditto’s 100 percent PET Plastic Hangers, the most highly recycled of all plastics worldwide. Their unique design recently won two first prizes in the International Design Awards for Sustainable Living/Environmental Preservation and Urban Sustainable Design2.
“Many clothing companies ship their clothing from overseas on plastic and wire hangers,” Barker says. “Once the item sells, the hanger is disposed. A hanger with a useful life of a week to a couple of months ends up in a landfill and takes 1,000 or more years to degrade. It doesn’t make sense.
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GreenProgress
Writes about the invisible waste stream for retail polystyrene hangers
NOVEMBER 20, 2007
Billions of hangers are thrown away by retail clothing, dry-cleaning, and hospitality locations every year, yet this large waste stream goes largely unnoticed. Only 15% of the typical polystyrene or polypropylene hangers are properly recycled. The rest end up in landfills and can leach dangerous chemicals into the ground water such as benzene and bi-phenyl A, a hormone disruptor. Wire hangers clog up recycling systems and do not have enough material to be effectively recycled, particularly if they have any coating on them. Even reusable wooden hangers are rarely recyclable or compostable, due to unidentified varnishes and adhesives, metal components, and the lack of proper collection at the store level.
"Many clothing companies ship their clothing from overseas on plastic and wire hangers," explains Gary Barker, CEO of GreenHeart Global which designs Ditto Hangers. "Once the item sells, the hanger is disposed. So a hanger with a useful life of a week to a couple of months ends up in a landfill taking 1000 or more years to degrade. It doesn't make sense."
A new generation of hangers, such as the 100% recyclable PET hanger and 100% paper hanger lines offered by Ditto Hangers, provide a solution to this neglected ecological impact. They are designed with end of useful life in mind. Ecologically minded hangers use materials that are widely accepted by recyclers (such as paper and the PET plastic used for water bottles) and a single-material design.
Ditto Hanger's focus on elegant design also proves again that eco-friendly can be stylish at the same time. Their PET hanger recently won two 1st prizes in the International Design Awards for Sustainable Living/Environmental Preservation and Urban Sustainable Design. A clothing retail location using such distinct hangers can simultaneously reduce their waste stream, visually enhance their displays, and communicate their environmental message directly to their customers.
"Ditto Hangers is committed to make the toxic, wire and plastic invisible hanger visible again, just long enough to make it extinct." Says Barker. "But don't worry: they'll be plenty of them already in landfills for archaeologists to dig up for centuries to come."
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Plenty Magazine
Eco lifestyle magazine suggests No Wire Hangers...EVER!
NOVEMBER 14, 2007
There’s nothing worse than coming back from the dry cleaners (organic, of course), arms laden with a stack of clothes, only to have to contend with the tangle of metal hangers that are standard issue among cleaners nationwide. Of course, you can recycle them, but most people don’t, which is how 85% of the hangers used by cleaners and retail clothing companies end up in landfills every year. That’s where Ditto Hangers comes in. The California-based company has created two lines of intelligently designed hangers, made from 100% certified recycled paper and printed with vegetable inks, and from 100% PET plastic, the same recyclable material used to make water bottles. Currently, the hangers are only available to retailers, non-toxic dry cleaners, and the green hospitality industry, but look for them to become available to consumers soon. Finally, you can say goodbye to wire hangers forever.
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Josh Spear Writes about Ditto
International trend setter writes about saving the world with Ditto Hangers
SEPTEMBER 8, 2007
It’s estimated that 8-10 billion un-recyclable plastic and wire hangers are wasted every year, and they end up clogging our landfills, requiring more than 1,000 years to break down. Kind of a big deal, that’s like 4.6 Empire State Buildings full of plastic hangers every single year. And it gets worse — those white plastic hangers in your closet also leak all sorts of dangerous chemicals into the ground water. Mega scary.
Until now.
In comes Ditto Hangers, a global company with an incredible and honorable mission: Save the world with hangers. They’re solving the worldwide and much forgotten problem by designing hangers made from recycled materials; papers and plastics. Vegetable inks add to the environmentally friendly ingredient list. The 100% recyclable paper and PET plastic hangers are meant for retail environments and non-toxic dry cleaners, but I say we all could use a little more green in our closets. No word on ordering direct from their site, but keep your eyes peeled for them near you — word is they’re coming to GAP in the states.
They were also recently nominated finalists at the Design Excellence Awards for their Ditto PETE CLIP Hanger for Eco Design. Congrats!
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International Design Excellence Awards
Ditto ARC PET Clip Hanger is finalist in Ecodesign from prestigious international design competition
AUGUST 14, 2007
Ditto's ARC clip hanger was chosen as a finalist in the International Design Excellence Awards [IDEA] for eco design.
Ditto's PET Plastic Clip hanger is revolutionary in its design, engineering and materials selection. PET (polyethylene teraphatalate) is one of the world's most recycled plastics and is the same material used to make water bottles. It was chosen due to its ability to be easily recycled into other products (fleece jackets, carpeting, blankets, pillows, computer components and PET bottles) and PET's non-toxic structure. All the components of this groundbreaking hanger are made of PET—even the spring clips. Single material construction makes the Ditto PET Plastic Clip extremely recyclable.
The IDEA program is the premier international competition honoring design excellence in products, eco design, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts.
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International Design Awards
Ditto Hangers wins 2 first prizes for Sustainability and Ecodesign
FEBRUARY 3, 2007
The International Design Awards competition has awarded GreenHeart Global two first prizes for their innovative Ditto PET clothing hangers. The first prizes were awarded in the main category of Sustainable Living/Environmental Preservation and the sub category of Urban Sustainable Design.
Nearly 1000 industrial designers, architects and fashion and graphic designers from 50 countries world-wide entered their designs in this prestigious competition.
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