Recently, the media has accused synthetic textile washing of causing fiber contamination. Clothing created from natural fibers is clothing made from animal or plant fibers (Acharya et al., 2021). Natural fibers include things like cotton, silk, linen, and wool. On the other hand, humans use a process called polymerization to create synthetic fabrics. Microfiber is ...
Safer Choice is program established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help both consumers and businesses locate products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the overall environment. But how does this initiative impact the cleaning industry? In this episode of Straight Talk!, ISSA Media Director Jeff Cross goes ...
Recent cleaning product launches in the Industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaning segment indicate this segment is trending greener. Formulators, therefore, may be looking for ingredient alternatives while maintaining or improving overall product cleaning performance. One way to make a cleaning product greener is to select eco-friendly biodegradable ingredients such as hybrid polymers that work as ...
As our lives and careers become ever more dependent on digital technology, cybersecurity is an issue that affects everyone. Cybercrime can be costly and damaging to a company’s reputation. This is as true for the cleaning industry as it is for any other sector of the economy. Cybersecurity expert Larry Dietz should know. Dietz has ...
For years the ISSA Show Innovation Awards Program has been celebrating companies in the commercial, institutional, and residential cleaning community that are addressing challenges with new products and services. The annual awards program honors trailblazing companies for developing innovative products or services that address key challenges industry professionals are trying to solve in their daily ...
Did it really take Howie Mandel to help convince the world of the need to clean? Maybe, especially if you consider the millions of views of the Howie Clean It video series. Let’s face it. Cleaning—to some—can be a boring topic, a necessary chore that some do more than others. Yet those of us in ...
On October 24, 2022, ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, announced the launch of an educational and advocacy campaign aimed at ending period poverty and advancing period dignity. The new initiative is in partnership with ISSA Hygieia Network, an ISSA Charities™ signature program dedicated to the advancement and retention of women in the cleaning industry. ...
Everyone has suffered from the “Great Resignation,” or as it is also referred to, the “Great Re-evaluation.” As people re-evaluate what type of work and what kind of schedule they want to work, service companies must also re-evaluate how to deliver their services. They still have contracts to fulfill, regardless of who wants to work ...
Whether purchasing cleaning and hygiene products for use in commercial buildings or the home, buyers have a seemingly endless number of options from which to choose. From the many multi-surface cleaners and hand sanitizers to disinfectants in spray and wipe formats, today there are even more brands and products trying to capture attention than before ...
The “Great Resignation” phenomena and the underlying demographics will not change anytime soon, making it even more difficult to maintain a reliable and trained distribution facility operations workforce. Steady demand growth, labor shortages, supply chain congestion, and rising costs are testing distribution facility capabilities. Distribution-focused operations are now furiously seeking to automate more and more ...
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