What is green cleaning?
What are the
benefits of green cleaning?
How are green cleaners different from traditional cleaners?
Who
decides if a cleaner can accurately be called green?
Does Spray Nine
have any green cleaners?
Why are Spray Nine’s green cleaners named Adirondack Green?
How
well do Adirondack green cleaners actually perform?
How much can Adirondack green cleaners be diluted, and where should
they be used?
What are Spray
Nine’s green credentials?
What is a green building?
How can I use green cleaning to get LEED Certification for my
building?
Where is using green cleaners, or giving preference to green cleaners,
mandated by law?
I need to know more about green cleaning to decide if it’s right for
me. Who I can talk to?
Where can I
find other green cleaning resources?
- Green cleaning is a holistic approach to janitorial services
that reduces health, environmental and safety risks associated with
cleaning products and processes.
- Green cleaning is a safer way to fulfill the cleaning,
maintenance and sanitation needs of a facility.
- For more information, a full presentation on green cleaning can
be found here:
Adirondack Green Cleaning
(pdf*)
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- Improved Worker Productivity & Less Liability – Reduces
hazardous ingredients and fumes. Less likelihood of fires,
explosions, spills or chemical splashes. Low VOC content reduces
facility emissions.
- Cost Control – Green cleaners are concentrated and
formulated for use with cold water to conserve energy. Improvements
to indoor air quality help reduce sick time, doctor visits and lost
productivity. Green products could become increasingly important if
Federal and State laws adopt more widespread “Green Taxes” on
pollution-causing activities.
- In The Public Eye – Green cleaning sets facilities apart
as environmental stewards. This is important because of recent
CNN World News report creating
public awareness that climate change - caused by industrialization -
could cripple the global economy in our lifetime.
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Green cleaners are designed to be safer for the environment and
human health. They use safer alternatives to replace hazardous
ingredients found in traditional cleaners. Green cleaners are
concentrated and formulated specifically for use with cold water. They
avoid the use of carcinogens, phosphates, dyes, fragrances,
chlorinated solvents and other undesirable ingredients.
Guidelines for green purchasing usually require products to carry
specific third party certifications – most notably
Green Sea,
EcoLogo (Environmental Choice), or
Design for the Environment (DfE).
For an in-depth summary of leading certifications and green
cleaning programs, please click on the following link:
Green Certification Standards (pdf*).
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Yes! Spray Nine’s Adirondack Green®, a line of
Green Seal (GS-37)
approved products, is now available. Products include:
All
Purpose Cleaner/Degreaser,
Multi-Surface Bathroom Cleaner,
Glass
Cleaner, and
Neutral Floor Cleaner.
Spray Nine
Corporation is located at the foothills of NY’s Adirondack Mountains. Spray Nine’s line of
Green Seal (GS-37)
approved products represents our commitment to fast-acting cleaners
that:
- Improve user safety
- Preserve the natural beauty of our environment
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To achieve certification, green cleaners like Adirondack Green® are
required to pass a cleaning efficacy test. Modern advances in Green
chemistry allow Adirondack Green products to perform far better than
earlier versions of Green cleaners.
Adirondack Green cleaners are concentrated formulas made
especially for use with cold water. Click on the link below to view
dilution guides for each product:
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Spray Nine®, a
manufacturer of specialty cleaning products for over
50 years, maintains memberships with a variety of Green cleaning
organizations. These memberships provide us current information on
green cleaning laws, trends, best practices and market opportunities.
Memberships:
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Green buildings are facilities that design their maintenance
activities around 3 major considerations:
- Environmentally Friendly
- Occupant Safety
- Energy Conservation
The
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
provides guidelines for converting existing buildings into Green
buildings, and for creating new buildings that are Green. The
standard,
LEED/EB, offers great opportunities
to improve safety and increase prestige.
LEED/EB certification is evaluated on
a point-based system. A significant portion of required points can be
achieved by using Green cleaning products like
Adirondack Green.
LEED/EB
Information
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Green cleaning products like
Adirondack Green® are being mandated by
Federal, State, County and City laws. Click on a link below to review
each law and where it applies.
Federal Green Cleaning Laws (pdf*)
State/County/City Cleaning Laws
(pdf*)
Spray Nine® would be happy to chat about
green cleaning –
including best practices, recent legislation, and important markets
that are "greening" their cleaning. Please click here for
contact information.
Click here for a list of useful links for popular
Green cleaning sites.
Questions? Contact Us by
E-mail or Phone (800) 477-7299
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