GREEN! You read about it, you heard about it, yet you are not sure what are the direct benefits of it to you? You are not alone. Since green movement started number of people found themselves wondering, should they pay bit more for goods or services that are more environmentally friendly or not. In reality green products and services are better for you in more than one way; the most important one is coming through your janitorial service provider. (more…)
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What can GREEN do for you?
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Environmentally friendly Restrooms
Saturday, March 13th, 2010If there is one place in your office that we would recommend you to start implementing your environmentally friendly workplace vision, that would be RESTROOMS. As an undisputable source of disease restrooms are also one of the main environmental hazards. Conventional cleaners use on average 4 different types of environmentally hazardous chemicals in the restrooms for which COGO Building Maintenance offers environmentally friendly substitutes: (more…)
Locate, Identify And Label Your Poisonous Products
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Gather a few of the many bottles you probably have around your house: one for dishes, one for laundry, one for cleaning the bathroom, one for cleaning floors, one for windows. Look for the words CAUTION, WARNING or DANGER. These are signal words required by law for products containing harmful ingredients. Do you know what they mean?
| CAUTION | An ounce to a pint may be fatal or harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin by an adult 180-pound man. |
| WARNING | A teaspoon to an ounce may be fatal or harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin by an adult 180-pound man. |
| DANGER | A taste to a teaspoon is fatal if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin by an adult 180-pound man. |
Just think, if these amounts are fatal to a 180-pound man, what effect could it have on a child or a small woman?
Source: Healthy Cleaning