Resources
Health and environmental problems
EPA- Cleaning Products Pilot Project
EPA- List of Extremely Hazardous Chemicals
EPA- Glossary of Products with Hazards
INFORM- Fact sheet: Respiratory hazards and janitorial cleaners
Janitorial Products Pollution Prevention Project
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
Toxic Use Reduction Institute, UMass Lowell
Ecolabels
Canada’s Environmental Choice Program
Green Cleaning Claims and Third Party Certification
Green Seal Choose Green Reports: Bathroom Tissue and Paper Towels
Green Seal Choose Green Reports: Floor Care Products
Green Seal Choose Green Reports: General Purpose Cleaners
Green Seal Choose Green Reports: Industrial and Institutional Cleaners (Not available online- must order from Green Seal)
Green Seal Environmental Standards for Floor Care Cleaners
Benchmark organizations and criteria
An Analysis of Cleaning Products at Brown University
Center for a New American Dream
Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology
EPA- Greening Your Purchase of Cleaning Products
King County- Environmentally Preferable Cleaning Products Specifications
Massachusetts- Request for Responses
Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
Seattle- Request for Proposals & Criteria (two documents)
Related articles
Environmentally Preferable Janitorial Products: Issues and Opportunities
Massachusetts Cleans Up the Country
There’s a Movement to Go Green