Is Your Janitorial Service Program Sustainable

You have likely invested much time, effort, and money in your selection of a janitorial service provider for your school or commercial facility. Their ability to provide long-term cleaning services that meet your requirements will depend on the sustainability of their operation. Is your current janitorial service provider operating in a manner that will be sustainable into the future?

Sustainability Policy

Does your janitorial service provider have a documented Sustainability Policy?

Creating an Effective Green Cleaning Policy - Pt. 2

In our last post, Creating an Effective Green Cleaning Policy - Pt. 1, we reviewed the typical goals, roles and responsibilities as contained within many Green Cleaning Policies. In this week's installment we will discuss a few of the more operational aspects of a typical Policy.

Standard Operating Procedures

A typical Policy would contain procedural guidelines for the following:

Creating an Effective Green Cleaning Policy - Pt. 1

Does your cleaning operation have a "Green Cleaning" program? If so, is your green program supported by a Green Cleaning Policy? What are the typical components of such a policy? Green Cleaning Policies may vary a bit across different organizations; however, the most effective policies do share some common components and characteristics. In this article we will review the typical goals, and the description of roles and responsibilities, as contained within many Green Cleaning Policies.

6 Myths About Green Cleaning - Part 2

In last week's post, 6 Myths About Green Cleaning Part 1,we discussed three of the top six Green Cleaning myths. In this post we will review the other three myths that continue to create misinformation and confusion.

 4.  Green Cleaning Products Are Not As Effective As Non-Green Products

In the early days of the green cleaning industry there was some truth to this statement.

6 Myths About Green Cleaning - Part 1

Over the past decade Green Cleaning has grown from a niche service offering into a mature and semi-regulated industry. The use of environmentally friendly cleaning solutions and procedures is now being adopted on a fairly wide scale. As within any rapidly developing industry there has been an evolution of persistent myths regarding green cleaning. What are some of the more common green cleaning myths?

1.    Our Cleaning Program is Green Because We Use Green Certified Supplies

This is one of the most commonly held misconceptions.