What Is Green Cleaning?
Green cleaning is the process of cleaning to protect health while minimizing the effect on the environment. A green cleaning program removes both visible residues and the invisible particles that cause asthma, allergies, and illness while reducing the amount of dust and volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) released by traditional cleaning processes.
Green cleaning means
- Cleaner facilities with fewer germs
- Healthier employees
- A more productive workplace
- Lower energy and water costs
- More effective cleaning
Common Problems
Upright Vacuums
- Expel potentially harmful levels of dust
- Necessitate more dusting
- Worsen indoor air quality
- Heavy, awkward and difficult to use
- Time consuming
Single Mop Buckets
- Reapply dirty water to floor
- Require frequent changes of water for cleaning
- Spread dirt and germs instead of removing them
Kentucky Mops
- Mop heads can never be truly cleaned
- Spread dirt and germs instead of removing them
- Heavy, awkward and difficult to use
Healthy Solutions
Backpack Vacuums
- Multi-level filtration system removes 99.97% of airborne particles
- Improve indoor air quality
- Clean hard to reach areas
Two-Sided Mop Buckets
- Dirty water goes into a separate bucket and is not reapplied to floors
- Floor gets cleaner
- Water can be changed less frequently
Microfiber Mops
- Dust and dirt cling to mop pad rather than spreading across floors
- Remove bacteria from floors
- Require less water to clean
- Fibers provide 40 times more cleaning surface than traditional mop heads
Just saying “green” doesn’t make it so.
PMS knows the elements of a LEED-compliant green cleaning program:
- Third party certified green chemicals with dilution systems
- Microfiber cloths and mop heads
- CRI-approved vacuums with HEPA filters
- Documented training and product tracking
- Recommendations on recycled consumable products and walk off matting systems
