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Green Cleaning: Why it is so important in your workplace

Green office cleaning is the use of cleaning techniques and products with eco-friendly ingredients designed to preserve health and environmental quality.

Sometimes people think green products only have a positive impact on the outdoors. While protecting the outdoors from chemicals is important, green office cleaning can drastically improve the indoor environment as well.

Pollution indoors is typically 2-5 times worse than outdoors.

Because of poor ventilation, hazardous chemicals have nowhere to go and they tend to accumulate. As a result, indoor air causes up to 50% of illnesses.

The office workplace is where many people spend a significant amount of their time in. Research has shown that 3 to 34 minutes a day per worker are lost due to a bad indoor environment. Those 3 minutes could be blowing a nose, rubbing eyes or dealing with a headache. Time is also lost to sick days. And in a close-quarters environment, coworkers can contract the sickness and it can spread fast.

Cleaning supplies and equipment can expose office workers to hazardous chemicals.

The cleaning industry uses over 6 billion pounds of potentially harmful chemicals annually. When office cleaners clean they dust and wipe desks and counters, often exposing staff to hazardous cleaning agents and contaminants.

Green-certificated office cleaning products, however, don’t add harmful toxins to the air. Green Seal (www.greenseal.org) and EcoLogo (www.ecologo.org) certified products are the most recognized of these certifications. Green cleaning products are part of a newer technology that allows for cost effective cleaning as well. In the last few years many green products have been approved and perform well. It is now easier than ever to replace hazardous chemical cleaners with green ones. They are also typically the same price or can even cost less! Plus, you receive the added benefits of drastically reducing harm to both worker health and the environment.

The benefits of green office cleaning:

  • improvement of health of office building occupants
  • increased productivity of occupants
  • reduced absenteeism
  • a return on your ROI
  • positive perception of being eco friendly

Do not hesitate to switch to a green cleaning program for your office. Usually there are no upfront costs and it can be very quick to switch to a green program. Many professional office cleaning companies use green cleaning programs without increasing costs.

If your present cleaning provider does not have a green cleaning program or green selection of cleaning products, contact Cleansolution today to get on your on the path to a well-cleaned and well-maintained facility. We offer free green cleaning evaluations of your office’s cleaning program and offer suggestions on how to be greener, healthier and increase your office’s sustainability efforts.