Advocacy in Action

Advocacy in Action

By |2024-01-05T22:20:09-06:00January 29, 2020|

In 2018, the ISSA board of directors decided to invest in an expansion of ISSA’s advocacy efforts to help create a legislative and regulatory environment that allows the worldwide cleaning industry to thrive. In January 2019, I started as ISSA’s director of government affairs and began developing and implementing a long-term strategic plan for the ...

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The State of the Industry

By |2024-03-21T02:40:37-05:00January 27, 2020|

As we enter a new decade, most can’t help but be excited about the evolving force of the global cleaning industry in making a significant impact on the health and welfare of those who inhabit the orb we call home—planet Earth. If you could anticipate important events, developments, trends, innovations, and projections of what’s important ...

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Facing the Next Pandemic

By |2024-01-05T22:20:06-06:00January 21, 2020|

Pandemic: An infectious disease outbreak with global implications. A pandemic is coming, and we are not ready. Experts across the globe agree it’s not if, but when. Bill Gates thinks a coming disease could kill 30 million people within six months—and says we should prepare for it as we do for war.1 Laurie Garret, a ...

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New Year, New You: How Mentoring Can Benefit Your Career

By |2024-01-05T22:20:06-06:00January 20, 2020|

Are you ready to boost your career this year? Considering January is National Mentoring Month, it’s a great opportunity to utilize a tried and true professional growth tool: mentoring. Professional mentoring connects an experienced person (the mentor) with another (the mentee) to work together and enhance the mentee’s knowledge and skillset. Establishing a professional mentorship ...

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ISSA Reacts to New York 1,4-Dioxane Law

By |2024-11-19T09:09:36-06:00December 11, 2019|

On December 9, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation (S.4389-B/A.6295-A) effectively prohibiting the presence of 1,4-Dioxane, an unintentional byproduct, in household cleaning and personal care products. The law would restrict the presence of 1,4-Dioxane above two parts per million (ppm) by the end of 2022, and above one part per million (ppm) by the ...

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Applying the Hierarchy of Controls to the Seven Aspects of Surface Selection™

By , |2025-08-12T18:58:07-05:00November 21, 2019|

A copy of this article may be found in the October 2019 issue of Healthcare Hygiene Magazine. The Healthcare Surfaces Institute has recently adopted a combination of the Hierarchy of Controls and the Seven Aspects of Surface Selection™ as a quick guide for patient and healthcare worker safety as it relates to surface selection. Healthcare ...

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Nordic Update: Focus on Sustainable Cleaning During Innovation Day in Helsinki

By |2024-01-05T22:20:04-06:00November 11, 2019|

The very first cleaning industry innovation day in Helsinki, Finland, was held on September 18 (Puhtausalan innovaatiopäivä), organised by SSTL - the Finnish Association of Cleaning Technology. The topics for the day were the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, small battery machines, cleaning chemicals, and new manual tools. The main event was a panel discussion ...

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German Update: Germany leading the European Cleaning Industry

By |2024-01-05T22:20:04-06:00November 11, 2019|

Read in German The CMS 19 Berlin trade show came to an end with excellent figures after four days full of visitors. Around 21,000 trade visitors were on the move in the five exhibition halls for an intensive exchange on core topics such as digitalization, sustainability, and innovations. This corresponds to an increase in visitor ...

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The 12 Perks Your Distributor Should Be Offering

By |2024-01-05T22:20:05-06:00November 11, 2019|

My friend knew a facility manager who was using a power washer to clean up the outside of his facility in preparation for a tour his boss was giving for potential investors the next day. Suddenly, the washer started leaking. Knowing a bit about equipment, the facility manager realized the O ring had broken. He ...

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Nine Easy Home Improvements to Help Sell Your Home Fast!

By |2024-01-05T22:20:03-06:00November 7, 2019|

You’ve been trying to sell your home and you did everything you thought was expected of you. You connected with a real estate agent, had professional photos taken of your house, and opened your home to numerous strangers as they paraded around your halls on private tours and open houses. But after weeks of your ...

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