Green Cleaning ProductsProcedures

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Green Cleaning Products/Procedures
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How can my cleaning contractor help me achieve
Green Cleaning?

• Chemical Selection and Utilization
• Improved Methods of Dusting
• Entryways/Walk-off Mat Programs
• Mopping Floor and Carpet Care
• Restrooms
• Recycling

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Chemical Selection

• Utilize Environmentally Friendly chemicals
• Most Chemical manufacturers have Green Cleaning
  product lines
• Examples Johnson Diversey, EcoLab, Hillyard
• Look for Green Seal or Green Label approved
  products
• Eliminate the use of aerosols, acids and butyls
  Utilize chemical dispensing systems that insure
  proper dilution ratios

Stride Neutral Cleaner
Virex Disinfectant
Carpet Extraction Rinse
Crew Bathroom Cleaner and Lime Scale Remover
Spitfire NB Non-Butyl Spray and Wipe Cleaner
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Dusting

• Utilize micro fiber products
• Micro fibers retain and remove more dust, mold
  and bacteria from surfaces than do traditional
  feather dusters, cloths or mop heads
• Utilization of micro fiber products reduces the
  need for chemicals

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Entryways

• Goal - Keep as much dirt/soil outside as possible
• Maintain a solid matting program
• A good matting program increases the life of your
  carpets, decreases the frequency of carpet
  cleaning and the amount of chemicals being
  utilized.
• There are good companies such as St. Louis Mat
  Company that provide these services.

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Mopping

• Utilize micro fiber mops and mopping systems such
  as Pace mops
• Benefits include
• reducing water consumption
• reducing cross contamination
• Reducing the number of mop buckets filled with
  chemicals being poured down the drain

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Floor and Carpet Care

• Utilize high filtration, four filtered backpack
  vacuums
• Capable of 99.79 efficiency in filtering
  particles down to 0.3 microns
• Utilize high speed floor machines which have
  built in filtration and vacuum systems
• Battery powered equipment is equipped with
  environmentally preferable gel batteries
• Equipment has rubber bumpers to reduce potential
  damage to building surfaces

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Restrooms

• Bathroom tissue should have 100 recovered
  materials and 40 consumer content
• Toilet seat covers should have a minimum 100
  recovered materials and 40 consumer content
• Paper towels should have a minimum 100 recovered
  materials and 40 consumer content

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Recycling

• Implement a recycle program
• Address the separation, collection and storage
  of
• Paper
• Glass
• Plastics
• Cardboard
• Metals
• Batteries
• Light bulbs

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Quick Thoughts

• Each year, some 50 million trees are cut down to
  be used in the manufacture of paper products.
• The bleaching process to make these products
  white results in the release of toxic materials
  including mercury and dioxins into the
  environment.
• According to the EPA, the United States generated
  232 million tons of Municipal Solid Waste in
  2000. The good news is that we recovered and
  recycled 30 of the materials in the waste
  stream. The bad news is that we still disposed
  of more than 132 million tons of MSW in
  landfills.
• Studies are beginning to come in that support the
  claims that Green Cleaning results in improved
  indoor air quality, employee productivity and on
  the job attendance.

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