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Crown Capital Management: Green Cleaning...What a Great Scam!

Many ideas and theories behind "Green Cleaning" are great. I truly believe most people's and even company's hearts are in the the right place. But, just because you put the word "Green" on the label and throw up a picture of a leaf (don't look at our logo) doesn't mean it's environmentally friendly.

I believe our best plan for minimizing our carbon footprint, from the cleaning side, is to use common sense more and cleaning products less.

Here are 6 ideas to help accomplish this goal:

1. Use the least amount of cleaning product possible
Most green cleaning products have the "green" title because the chemicals they use or don't use are supposed to be biodegradable and/or less harmful if they find their way into the ground. I'm sure that is true, but our goal shouldn't be to find the most ecological product, it should be to use as little cleaning product as possible.

Recommendation: Buy only concentrated cleaning products in the largest size you can ormake your own.

2. Be more concerned about the plastic bottle than the chemical inside
The negative environmental impact of the plastic bottle, even if you recycle it, may be far greater than the chemicals inside. The bottles needs to be made, stored, shipped and recycled. Each one of these steps require energy and fossil fuels.

Recommendation: Buy good quality trigger sprayers (the good ones will last a long time) with your favorite sized bottles and reuse them. Use 1- to 5-gallon containers for storing large quantities or mixing concentrated cleaning products.

3. Buy only the products that you need
Recommendation: A glass/all purpose cleaner and a disinfectant should be your main products. These products should be used in 90 percent of your cleaning tasks. Use specialty products sparingly and as needed.

4. Use microfiber and water as often as possible
Switching Absolute Clean to microfiber cut our product usage by over 50 percent and allows us to do a better job. Use the magic of microfiber to save money, waste less, and accomplish more.
Recommendation: Have at least 24 microfiber towels and 10 mop pads for your floors and follow the care instructions carefu