Resources
We
are here to help you if you have any questions or concerns regarding
green cleaning and green cleaning
solutions.
Call 1-888-WAX-PLUS or e-mail: info@cleaning-solutions.com
In addition to the FOCUS line, American Cleaning Solutions offers hundreds of stocked and custom Industrial and Institutional cleaning products at www.cleaning-solutions.com.
You may also find the following links helpful if you want to learn more about green cleaning or keep abreast of regulations and guidelines that can directly affect your and your clients’ businesses.
Green Cleaning
Green Cleaning Consultants
The Ashkin Group, LLC
Leading experts in the field of green cleaning, consulting to industry, government and non-profits such as Green Seal™.
www.ashkingroup.com
Our Community Works, Inc.
A not-for-profit community development group that helps companies and organizations fast-track their way to healthier, more productive workplaces. OCW recently wrote, tested, and rolled out the Green Cleaning Manual for a major property development/management firm (700 buildings).
info@ourcommunityworks.com
Greening
the Department of the Interior
Reviews
OSHA guidelines that address worker safety and other federal guidelines
that address waste storage and disposal, outlines
green cleaning practices and their impacts on worker safety and
the environment,
and
examines issues that arise when janitors practice specific
cleaning activities.
http://www.doi.gov/greening/sustain/practice.html
New
York State Office of Government Services
http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/bldadmin/environmental/default/html
The Pennsylvania Green Building Operations and Maintenance
Manual
This is the definitive publication in this field. If you
don’t
read anything else regarding green cleaning, you must read this.
Click
here for PDF document
US Department of Interior Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
Guidelines
Click here for PDF document
US
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov./dfe
US Environmental Protection Agency Database on Environmental
Information for Products and Services
www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/tools/database.htm
US Environmental Protection Agency IAQ Tools for Schools
www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/tools4s2.html
Industry Green Cleaning Trends and History
ISSA
To keep abreast of regulatory issues that affect our industry, click
here.
CM
Cleaning and Maintenance Management Online “Environmental
Issues” Archives
www.cmmonline.com/
Regulatory
Information
Legislative
and Regulatory Updates
Click here for information.
New Jersey Executive Order #11 Re: Energy Efficiency and Green Procurement
Click here for information.
New York Schools Officially Required to Use Environmentally Sensitive
Cleaning Products
Click
here for information.
Connecticut,
New Jersey Issue "Environmentally Preferable" Procurement
Guidelines
Click
here for information.
New YorkState Issues Proposed Green Cleaning Product Procurement Specifications
Click
here for information.
Massachusetts
Reintroduces "The Safer Cleaning Products Act"
Click
here for information.
Organizations
While there are thousands of organizations that promote green cleaning,
only a few are truly driving the greening of our industry. Stay abreast
of their activities. If you engage them in a win/win way, they can
be tremendous resources for lead generation (opening doors to new customers)
as well as providing inexpensive and immediate technical and marketing
information.
Green Seal™
www.greenseal.org
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
www.healthyschoolscampaign.org
InForm,
Inc.
www.informinc.org
International
Executive Housekeepers Association, Inc. (IEHA)
www.ieha.org
New American
Dream Institutional Purchasing Program
www.newdream.org
US Green
Building Council
Go here to find information about LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design)
www.usgbc.org
Workplace
Hazards Information
Federal OSHA Safety and Health Topics, Technical
information on workplace hazards, specific industries
Safety and Health Topics, National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health
Haz-Map, National Library of Medicine’s relational
database linking hazardous chemicals, jobs and diseases
ToxFAQs, Brief summaries on hazardous substances
from Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ToxNet, National Library of Medicine databases on
toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas