Use of Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Products and Practices On the Rise
Jan. 24, 2006
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On Jan. 12, 2006, New Jersey Governor Richard J. Codey signed an executive order requiring state agencies to purchase and use environmentally friendly cleaning products. This initiative is only the latest in a growing list of states and cities trying to improve the health of citizens, employees, and cleaning professionals through green cleaning product procurement and use. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New York have all implemented green cleaning purchase programs. Momentum is building as is awareness about the benefits to green cleaning.
Use of green cleaning products minimizes the negative impacts on the environment that are typically associated with hazardous cleaning products. “Today we can breathe easier knowing our workplaces will be safer and our environment will be cleaner,” Codey says. “These safer, more environmentally friendly products are available, affordable, and effective, so it makes sense to switch.”
A government task force dedicated to promoting sustainable environmental stewardship throughout the federal government, the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (www.ofee.gov) notes the following as reasons to use green cleaners: