Green Janitor Terms of Membership

The Green Janitor program is an agreement by all members to support a Green Practices approach to janitorial, cleaning, and building maintenance services.  By applying for membership in our program, you are making an overt commitment to apply the following guidelines to the highest level practicable.  No janitorial firm is ever totally Green complaint because the program changes from month to month and year to year.  Therefore, it is our desire to increase the Green factor in each facility served by our member businesses.

1- Green Programs:  We encourage those in decision-making positions to provide effective leadership in a Green Program.  We cannot control the decisions of those in political or corporate levels of policy and mandates, but we do hope to be instrumental in promoting Green Programs in as many facilities as possible.  A Green Program is defined in three distinct applications;

A- Green Agenda:  Those in the decision-making realm are encouraged to require Green products and Green practices as they develop contracts, guidelines, and mandates.

B- Green Products:  Green Products are defined as products having little or negligible immediate and residual impact on those in the workplace or those applying the products.

C- Green Practices: The training and development of the janitorial or cleaning workforce empowers these people to act in the best efforts in their cleaning duties.

2. Green Services: Each member firm is committed to provide the two applications that complete the Green Program process.  Therefore, the Green Janitor member will endeavor to provide Green products to the facilities it serves and will also endeavor to train/certify its workforce as Green Clean technicians.

3. Recycling of Waste: The member firm cannot control the waste produced by the client facilities served, they can encourage recycling by placing clearly marked trash bins to paper, plastic, and waste.  If the facilities served have the available services, the Green Janitor member will make every effort to place the trash in the appropriate recycle areas.

4. Floor Stripping & Finishing:  When possible, the Green Janitor firm will endeavor to replace zinc interlocked floor finishes with better products.  This includes the stripping product emitting VOCs, and the finishes that provide an equivalent final product without polluting compounds.

5. Non-Ammonia Window Cleaners:  The member business will replace the window cleaners with non-ammonia cleaners and use a more environmentally-friendly product.

6. Microfiber Applications:  While microfiber cloths are not appropriate for all circumstances, it is understood that the proper use of microfiber cloths, mops, etc may reduce the amount of cleaning product required in a cleaning program, the firm will replace older equipment with newer microfiber equipment when reasonable.

7. Lighting Replacement: When agreed by the client, the Green Janitor member will use the best choice of bulb replacement in the facilities. 

8. Janitor Closet/Supply:  The Green Janitor firm shall examine the storage areas for products in the client facilities to assess the materials being used and will remove any old products that do not fit the Green product standard.  If the products will be soon exhausted, these products will be replaced with Green Products.

9. Paper Products:  When the Green Janitor firm supplies the paper products, the preference for paper products will be for "Acid Free" products.  This requires that support of the facilities served in some cases.  It is also recommended to encourage the installation of hand dyers when possible to reduce paper trash.

10. Waste Water: A Green Janitor firm will be mindful of what is being flushed into the water system after the work has been done.  Use a proper disposal area for waste water, and eliminate phosphates, zinc pollution, and harmful chemicals from your line of products so that waste water carries biodegradable elements into the waterways of our sewers, rivers, and oceans.

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