facility focus Implementing A Green Cleaning Program A successful change goes beyond buying the right cleaning products. By: Robert Kravitz A As green cleaning has become more and more accepted within the cleaning industry and outside the marketplace, certain best practices have emerged for implementing a green cleaning program. Green cleaning is a system that employs both green chemicals and green equip-ment. However, a successful green cleaning program is not just a matter of having the right cleaning products. Achieving the buy-in of building occu-pants and owners is also essential. The following 10 steps developed by The Ashkin Group, a consulting firm spe-cializing in greening the cleaning indus-try, offer building managers a basis for implementing their own green cleaning process. Reach An Agreement Building owners, occupants and manage-ment must agree on how they define a green cleaning program and how it will be Today, green cleaning is well-established in the industry and will likely be the way commercial facilities are cleaned in the future. 42 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® June 2014 Image courtesy of ARTQU/iStock/Thinkstock
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