CM/Spotlight: Hard Floor Care Packing A Punch Against Plastic Waste Minimized landfill deposits add up to significant global impact. By: John Miller W John Miller is executive vice presi-dent for sales and marketing for Americo Manufacturing Company Inc., a global producer of floor pads, cleaning accessories and matting. The family-owned, 45-year-old company has manufactured floor pads using 100 percent recycled PET plastic and water-based latex resin bonding systems for over a decade. Americo introduced Full Cycle ™ floor pads, designed with enhanced biodegradation. Americo ® and Full Cycle ™ are trademarks of Americo Manufacturing Company Inc. Contact John Miller at Info@ AmericoMFG.com. With as much as 85 percent of the plastics found in everyday use winding up in landfills, it’s not surprising that more cleaning industry profes-sionals and consumers alike are committing to doing their part to leave the smallest impact on the environment. Research has shown that recycling makes sense, as it helps to reduce the amount of plastics in landfills, where it may take hundreds or thou-sands of years to degrade. The benefits to recycling over disposing of plas-tics in landfills are great, but in cases where recy-for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Sustainability . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select DIRECTORY from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Floorcare . According to the Earth Policy Institute, 29 billion plastic water bottles are produced for use in the U.S. every year, which can produce 2.4 million tons of waste that ends up in U.S. landfills. 30 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® April 2014 Image courtesy of Warchi/iStock/Thinkstock
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