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Green Cleaning - Implementing Your Green Cleaning Program

Implementing Your Green Cleaning Program

Green cleaning is something we are hearing more about each day and how it is designed to help the health of building occupants and the environment.

Ok, so green cleaning sounds great and it seems everybody is going green, but just what does it take for you to get a green cleaning program in place? How do you start? If you don’t have everyone in agreement on starting a green cleaning program, then your chances of success are limited.

Here are some key steps that will help you get started and implement your green cleaning program.

Get everybody on the bus.

To get everyone to come to agreement involves two key issues:

1. Each person or stakeholder must agree that they want a green cleaning program.

2. An agreement as to just what is a green cleaning program.

After you reach an agreement, the green cleaning team has to be formed. These will be the people responsible for the development and implementation of the green cleaning program.

Set a benchmark and develop your plan. Not having a plan is like not having a map to when you start a journey. To find your benchmark or your starting point, the green cleaning team should conduct several facility and housekeeping surveys. Take your information and analyze it with your team to find the best opportunities for improvement.

Developing green cleaning procedures and training plans. Green cleaning procedures focus on cleaning effectiveness and are not much different from normal cleaning system. Making your system green focuses on reducing the building occupants and custodians’ exposures to possible harmful contaminants, reduce waste that affects the environment and makes the cleaning process more efficient. You don’t have to build a better mousetrap with your green cleaning program but you do want to insure that everyone is up to speed with the procedures.

A green cleaning toolbox. Green cleaning is not just about changing products from standard cleaning products to green cleaning products. It is more of a new approach to taking care of the building. In addition, to do this you have to have the right tools in your toolbox to do the job. You may need to change cleaning chemicals, equipment, paper, liners, mats and other cleaning supplies that you use in order to care for the building and stay on track with your green cleaning program.

Communicate and stewardship. When you make changes, you have expectations and to get your green cleaning program off to a good start, you must have a communication plan that manages your expectations and shows off your successes. You must also be sure that all occupants of the building know what you are doing and how it will affect them and let them know their responsibilities and how they are to be carried out. Making this point is key in your communication plan, which will gain you greater success with your green cleaning program. Creating a stewardship plan will keep your program strong, headed in the right direction, and sustainable.

Going green is not going away, it is here to stay. Start today and set your sights on implementing your green cleaning program.

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