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We hear a lot about all types of facilities transferring from the use of traditional cleaning products to those that are “green”-certified. And along with selecting these environmentally preferable products, cleaning professionals are often taught new and more efficient cleaning strategies.
Now that they have adopted green cleaning, some administrators want to take the next step and integrate sustainability initiatives into their cleaning operations. Very often, administrators believe green cleaning and sustainability are essentially the same. While they indeed complement each other—and green cleaning solutions are invariably manufactured using renewable resources—they are not the same.
Green cleaning refers to cleaning solutions, tools, and equipment that have a reduced impact on the environment. A high-filtration vacuum cleaner that significantly reduces the amount of dust and contaminants released into the air would be—and likely is certified as—an environmentally preferable cleaning product.