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UL ECOLOGO ®
UL (Underwriters Laboratories) is a global independent safety science company founded in 1894. UL certifies, tests, inspects, audits, advises and educates the market in collaboration with a variety of industry stakeholders who share the vision of promoting safe living and working environments. UL ECOLOGO is classified as an ISO (International Standards Organization) Type I ecolabel assessed by the Global Ecolabeling Network, and it is one of the most recognized ecolabels in North America. Since 1988 UL ECOLOGO has helped purchasers and consumers identify products and services that meet multi-attribute, lifecycle-based sustainability standards, and which have met strict criteria for reduced impacts on human health and the environment based upon third-party audit and review.
A professional in the cleaning industry can choose to utilize the UL ECOLOGO product certification stan- dards to specify and source third-party certified products which have a more sustainable profile. UL ECOLOGO Certified green cleaning products in the categories of hard surface cleaners (UL 2759), hard floor care (UL 2777), carpet care (UL 2795), hand cleaners (UL 2784) and hand sanitizers (UL 2783), biological based cleaners (UL 2792), and sanitary paper products (UL 175) can help a facility reach its overall sustainability goals, and can potentially contribute to LEED O+M certification for the building or CIMS-GB certification for the cleaning service provider. For more information on UL ECOLOGO, please visit www.ulenvironment.com/ecologo. WAXIE has several UL ECOLOGO certified products from which to choose, including all-purpose cleaners, glass cleaners, neutral floor clean- ers, restroom cleaners, carpet cleaners, hand soaps, hand sanitizers, floor finishes, floor finish enhancers, floor strippers, and sanitary paper products. Your WAXIE Account Consultant can work with you to design and implement a customized green cleaning program which includes UL ECOLOGO certified products.
EPA SAFER CHOICE
The U.S. EPA is a federal government agency whose mission is to protect human health and the environ- ment. Safer Choice (formerly known as EPA Design for the Environment or DfE) is the U.S. EPA’s label for safer chemical-based products and has advanced the EPA’s mission to protect human health and the en- vironment since the early 1990’s. The program uses EPA’s chemical expertise to carefully review products and to label only those that have met the program’s highly protective Standard for the Safer Choice Label and stringent criteria for safer chemical ingredients. By allowing use of the label on products, EPA empowers consumers and commercial purchasers to choose safer chemical products that do not sacrifice quality or performance and that are safer for people and the planet. Safer Choice labels a wide variety of chemical-based products for the institutional maintenance, jan-san, and consumer cleaning markets . A professional in the cleaning industry can rely on EPA’s Safer Choice standards to specify and source third-party recognized products that have a more sustainable profile. EPA certified safer products in the categories of general-purpose cleaners, floor and carpet care products, hand soaps, specialty cleaners, and laundry care products help a facility reach its overall sustainability goals, and contribute to LEED O+M certification for the building or CIMS-GB certification for the cleaning service provider. For more information on EPA’s Safer Choice program, please visit www.epa.gov/saferchoice.
WAXIE has several EPA Safer Choice recognized products from which to choose, including all-purpose cleaners, glass cleaners, neutral floor cleaners, restroom cleaners, carpet cleaners, and laundry care products. Your WAXIE Account Consultant can work with you to design and implement a customized green cleaning program which includes products formulated in partnership with EPA Safer Choice.
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