Prudential Overall Supply and the Clean Green Movement

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Prudential Overall Supply and the Clean Green
Movement
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The Clean Green Vision
The textile industry is long overdue for some
green intervention to help stop pollution and
waste.
The clean green movement is a commitment to
long-term green solutions for the textile
services industry as a whole by providing
eco-friendly cleaning textiles and work uniforms.
The Clean Green Initiative is also dedicated to
reducing waste by reusing as many resources as
possible.
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Reusables Vs. Disposables
Many products can be reused, though may companies
choose to simply to dispose of them instead.
Businesses can save up to 30 annually when they
switch to reusable textile products and uniforms.

By using reusable textiles, energy, and water, a
company can reduce their carbon footprint and
save money.
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Clean Green Initiative is Committed to
Sustainability
In addition to using eco-friendly cleaning
textiles and work uniforms, the Clean Green
Initiative is also committed to reusing energy
and water.
Prudential Overall plants continuously look for
better ways to save and reuse their water and
most of their plants have a system where both hot
water and cold water can be reused.
In addition to recycling water, the plants also
use a heat reclaimer to capture the heat loss of
the waste water stream. Typically, 75 of all
heat from the waste water stream is put back to
use in the wash process saving up to 30 on gas
utilities
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Benefits of Reusable Shop Towels
Just one example of reusable vs. disposable is
shop towels. Thousands of factories go through as
many shop towels every day and many plants still
dispose of them instead of using towels made from
recyclable materials.
To avoid this waste, Prudential Overall delivers
and cleans shop rags using reclaimed heat and
recycled water.
It seemed like such a little thing, but just
imagine if disposable shop towels disappeared
forever. The Clean Green Initiative wants to stop
reckless waste now before expendable materials
are entirely used up and before the wasted
material poisons the air and water supply.
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Reduction of Air Emissions and Other Waste
In 1996 the pulp and paper industry released over
16 million pounds of toxic waste into Americas
water supply.
Also, EPA data shows that over their lifetime,
paper towels use 2,850 more water, 12,590 more
energy, and produce 210 more solid waste than
reusable wipers.
By using only reusable textiles, the Clean Green
Initiative is helping to clear our air and keep
our water clean.
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U.S. Congress and the Textile Industry
House Resolution 803 was introduced on October 6,
2009 recognizing the textile services industry
for their environmental commitment.
To show their environmental commitment even
further, Prudential Overall is in compliance with
all local, state, and federal environmental laws
and regulations.
Some of these include the Clean Air Act, the
Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, and the Occupational Safety and
Health Act.
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Water Conservation
Since the Green Initiative focuses heavily on
proving eco-friendly work uniforms and other
reusable textiles, it is also highly interested
in water conservation since they also provide
cleaning services and training for all of their
textiles.
Over the past several years, Prudential has
replaced many old washers with new washers that
has resulted in reduced water usage by at least
20 and often up to 30 per plant.
In several plants, all of the water that is
processed from the cleanroom plants is pumped to
a holding tank where the water is reused by the
industrial plant resulting in using nearly 100
recycled water.
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Cleanroom Products
Cleanrooms also require the same care and
dedication that recycling and reusing requires.
The Clean Green Initiative enforces a strict
sterile cleanroom garment gowning system.
The Initiative also supports the use reusable mop
head and proper mop sanitation.
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A Greener Future
Prudential Overall and the Clean Green Initiative
are striving to make the textile services
industry more eco-friendly and less wasteful.
They understand that the textile industry can
dump pollution into the air and water very
easily, and that this kind of waste and polluting
must be stopped.
By offering cost effective and greener textile
choices, the Clean Green Initiative is steadily
reducing their carbon footprint and allowing
companies throughout the nation to follow their
lead.
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