The cleaning industry is experiencing major disruption. According to the American Institute for Cleaning Sciences (AICS), there have been more than 70 notable changes in company ownership in our industry’s supply chain since 1991 with most of these changes having occurred in just the last three years. The majority of these mergers and acquisitions have ...
Many of us assume that the term “climate change” is relatively new, dating back to maybe the early 1980s. However, scientists were referring to climate change as far back as the 1800s. In 1896, a study entitled, On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Earth, was published by ...
Social media is an all-encompassing term for interactions created and shared in a virtual community or network. It can take on many different forms such as blogs and microblogs, social networks, photo and video sharing, and discussion forums. According to a Nielsen Media Research report, Americans spent 121 billion minutes in July 2012 on social media ...
Consumer demand for transparency in both the household and institutional markets continues to grow across the United States, and most recently manifested itself in the form of state legislation. On October 15, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (SB 258) into law, making California the first ...
As part of its strategic mission to provide greater access to industry data, market trends, and analysis, ISSA has teamed up with the American Association of Cleaning Equipment Manufacturers (AACEM) to highlight trends impacting all segments of the commercial cleaning industry. The result: a series of market research reports and applicative data for ISSA members. ...
When it comes to the proper and effective cleaning of commercial kitchens, we often find that cleaning tools—the items we use to keep the kitchen hygienic and healthy—are the very items that spread disease. Keeping these tools clean and sanitized for use in a commercial kitchen raises many concerns. For example, raw meats, fish, and ...
Content marketing is a tactic that is gaining a lot of buzz in the public relations, marketing, and communications industries as the new way to grow your business’s online presence. If this is the first you’ve heard of it―get ready—you most likely will be hearing much more about it in the near future and may ...
In a sense, we are now beginning Green Cleaning 3.0. Green Cleaning 1.0 began all the way back in the mid-1990s when, after an Executive Order by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton, federal offices and facilities were required to start using environmentally preferable cleaning tools and supplies whenever and wherever possible. Clinton’s order resulted in federal ...
Open-plan offices have been gaining popularity recently. An open-plan office, also known as an open-space or open-concept office, refers to an office in which the interior walls—and along with them, most private offices—are removed. In place of walls, partitions of varying heights may be installed between workspaces, or, what is becoming increasingly common, office staff ...
Surprisingly, one area often overlooked as a facility becomes greener and more sustainable is the restroom. Yet more water is used in restrooms than virtually any other area of a facility, and because water and energy are interconnected, water consumption increases the amount of energy necessary to power a facility. In addressing this issue, Waterless ...
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