Green Cleaning comes to Facilities!

Facilities Environmental Services division must use commercial cleaning and floor care products on a daily basis.  Many traditional cleaning and floor care products may contain hazardous ingredients that can have serious adverse health effects, not only on our custodial staff, but on our students, faculty and environment as well.  These concerns lead Environmental Services to form the Facilities Green Cleaning Product Evaluation Team.

Green cleaning uses bio-based ingredients instead of petroleum-based ingredients whenever possible to reduce the health hazards associated with the toxins in standard cleaning products.

Visit these sites to learn more

·          Green Seal http://www.greenseal.org

·          US Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org/

Note:  Green Seal is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding the environment and transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture, purchase, use of environmentally preferable products.

Evaluation Criteria:

·          Composition – The committee reviewed the ingredients of each products.

·          Health Rating – The committee reviewed the health ratings (HMIS and NEPA) of each product.

·          Bio-based Contents – The committee determined which products were bio-based and what percentage of the ingredients of those products were bio-based.

·          Dispensing Systems – The committee reviewed the dispensing systems of each manufacturer.

·          Training – The committee reviewed the training programs offered by each manufacturer.

·          Performance – The committee reviewed the performance of each product.