In the early 1960s, Toledo, OH, and the surrounding area was a hotbed of companies developing and manufacturing supplies for the janitorial and cleaning industry. Around that time, Jim Findlay and Jim Lower, two employees of National Laboratories, struck up a friendship. When word came down that National Laboratories was looking to move its corporate ...
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 ...
Many businesses come to the realization that there is a tremendous need to change how their organizations operate. For more than a decade, there has been a significant amount of both theory and practice surrounding organizational change. While many organizations have spent time creating and implementing change programs, very few have truly confronted reality and ...
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 ...
According to a study by NSF International, a not-for-profit standards-development, testing, and certification organization, more than 90 percent of restroom users perform some type of “restroom gymnastics” when using a public restroom: using paper towels to touch handles and faucets; shoe bottoms to flush toilets; and elbows to open and close doors, turn on electric ...
KSS Enterprises has provided janitorial supplies to the U.S. Great Lakes region for more than 65 years. In fact the company began in 1945, when Fred Martinis opened a small supply store in downtown Kalamazoo, MI, known as Kalamazoo Sanitary Supply Co. Martinis focused primarily on cleaning supplies, with a customer base within the greater ...
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 ...
Imagine that you come to work one day and your co-worker in the cubicle across from you is sick. I mean really sick. She’s pale and glassy-eyed, shivering under layer upon layer of clothing. Her garbage can is overflowing with mucous-filled tissues and crinkled up cough drop wrappers. A tell-tale cup of hot tea steeps ...
I had a really weird dream the other night. I was sitting with a group of salespeople, and they went around the room introducing themselves. The first one said, “Hi, my name is Tom, and I’m an underachiever. It’s mostly because I don’t work very hard.” Then the next person said, “My name is Ellen, ...
Cleaning-industry business owners have invested blood, sweat, and tears into building their companies, and most have created a detailed plan of what they hope to accomplish while owning a company. But all good things must come to an end. At some point, it’s time for the next chapter of your life to begin. Have you ...
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