P&G Surveys Cleaning Professionals
According to a survey by P&G Professional, most cleaning professionals separate the tasks of cleaning and disinfecting, thus doubling the amount of work dedicated to accomplishing them.
Nearly seven out of ten respondents (68%) of respondents to P&G Professional’s™ recent “Cleaning and Disinfecting Clarity” survey indicated “they believe if you want to clean and disinfect a surface, you have twice as much work on your hands. In other words, cleaning and disinfecting are two separate tasks.
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LEED's 2012 Comment Period Ends Soon
After some delays, the fourth public comment period on LEED 2012, the next version of the LEED green building program, opened on May 11. The comment period will end on May 28.
THE BACKGROUND
What’s it all about? According to the U.S. Green Building Council, since 2000, the LEED green building program has been transforming the building marketplace to promote and embrace sustainable building, design, construction, and operations practices.
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Switching To Green Detergents
UniFirst Corporation, a national leader in the uniform rental industry, decided in 2011 to exclusively utilize only the latest generation green cleaning detergents in all its industrial laundry operations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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School Pesticides Bill Proposed
A school pesticides bill, proposed by Rep. Rush Holt, a Democrat from New Jersey, has been referred to The House Committee on Agriculture. The amendment to H.R.4225, The School Environment Protection Act, sponsored by Rep. Holt, is a proposal to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act by requiring schools and local educational agencies to reduce the use of pesticides in schools by implementing “integrated pest management programs” in schools, as well as to provide notificat
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