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  • Is MRSA On Your Sports Team?

    A recent episode of HBO’s Real Sports discussed the presence of MRSA in NFL locker rooms. Since 2006, there have been 33 known cases of the staph infection in the football league. While this story is not new, the program did a good job reporting...
    Published 02-11-2009 by Dan Weltin
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  • Cleaning Green

    I just returned from the Sustainable Facility Care Forum in Washington D.C. where there were many great presenters sharing green information. I wanted to point out one particular statement that caught my attention. Dr. Steven Spivak of the Cleaning Industry...
    Published 05-01-2008 by Dan Weltin

  • Green's Fine Print

    This month, the Missouri State Board of Education formally approved the Missouri Green Cleaning Guidelines and Specifications for Schools. These guidelines are similar to the ones used in the Illinois Green Cleaning Schools Act, the only difference being...
    Published 01-23-2009 by Dan Weltin
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  • 'Green Disinfectants' Continue To Make News, Confuse

    The Environmental Protection Agency and ISSA are working on a proposal to allow environmental or “green” claims to be used on disinfectants. This is very encouraging news for the industry. Currently, disinfectants are classified as pesticides...
    Published 10-09-2008 by Dan Weltin

  • Is The Recession To Blame For Low-ball Bids?

    The recession is forcing some building service contractors to resubmit bids due to customer budget cuts and reductions in cleaning frequencies. But how low are customers willing to go with these new bids? I recently heard from one BSC who is losing his...
    Published 07-29-2009 by Dan Weltin

  • Misleading VOC Claims

    I recently had the opportunity to hear Carl Smith, CEO and executive director of Greenguard Environmental Institute, give a speech on indoor air quality. One point I particularly found interesting was on volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Over the years...
    Published 05-29-2008 by Dan Weltin

  • BSCAI and ISSA Join Together

    The times certainly are changing for cleaning industry associations. During a press conference last week at the BSCAI show in Chicago, ISSA and BSCAI announced that the two associations would be co-locating their trade shows starting in 2010. This announcement...
    Published 03-13-2009 by Dan Weltin

  • Swine Flu Preparedness

    Norovirus, SARS, Monkeypox, bird flu, MRSA. Each year there seems to be a new potential pandemic threatening the population. Well, you can add one more to the list: swine flu. So far there have been 40 known cases of the virus in the United States alone...
    Published 04-27-2009 by Dan Weltin

  • Operation Clean Sweep

    This past weekend, the Southeastern Wisconsin Sanitary Supply Association (SEWSSA) participated in Operation Clean Sweep. More than 50 volunteers representing seven local companies cleaned the interior and exterior of The Guest House, a Milwaukee residential...
    Published 05-11-2009 by Dan Weltin

  • Restroom Service Opportunities

    Recently I achieved a new mark in fatherhood: changing my son’s diaper in a public restroom. During this messy ordeal, I realized some new opportunities for building service contractors to upsell their clients. For starters, encourage customers...
    Published 05-21-2009 by Dan Weltin

  • Effects Of Improved IAQ

    In the June issue of Contracting Profits , I wrote how building service contractors can win school contracts by educating school boards about the positive effects green cleaning has on indoor air quality (IAQ). A number of readers have e-mailed asking...
    Published 07-06-2009 by Dan Weltin

  • Office IAQ

    Recently my wife came home complaining about how often she had been sneezing at her office. After years of hearing me talk about the benefits of a clean work environment, she thought the carpet might be the culprit. I asked her how often her co-workers...
    Published 06-29-2007 by Dan Weltin
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  • Recommendations Not The Same As Requirements

    As of press time of my July editorial , Missouri Governor Matt Blunt had yet to sign the pending legislation requiring green cleaning in schools. Since then, however, a bill has been signed. But unfortunately, the original bill was changed at the last...
    Published 07-25-2008 by Dan Weltin

  • Customers Cutting Cleaning? Wrong Decision

    During a family get-together over the holidays, a relative told me how the company he worked for was scaling back their janitorial and maintenance services. I replied that once the building occupants start getting sick on a more frequent basis due to...
    Published 12-30-2008 by Dan Weltin
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  • Do You Have To Eat It To Believe It?

    When discussing the safe attributes of green products to customers, how far do you take the sales pitch? In the July/August issue of Fortune Small Business , an article describes how Kevin Schwartz, founder of BabyGanic, a green househould cleaning product...
    Published 08-07-2008 by Dan Weltin
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