by Rebecca Walker — September 15, 2008—The Healthy Schools Campaign, a nonprofit advocate for healthy school environments, has released the second edition of its Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools.
Improved and expanded, the guide includes new sections on sustainability, green cleaning for food service, integrated pest management, and other new technologies. It follows the distribution of more than 70,000 copies of the original guide.
The states of Illinois and New York require green cleaning in schools, and schools in other states are moving toward green cleaning in efforts to protect the health of building occupants while reducing schools’ impact on the environment.
The Guide includes a handbook that outlines five simple steps for establishing a green cleaning program, such as switching to green products and equipment, adopting new procedures, introducing green paper and plastic products. It includes an enhanced purchasing directory with more than 500 products that meet the HSC’s environmental standards for schools.
To access the full guide online or to learn more about the guide, go to the Web site or contact HSC’s Mark Bishop at 312.593.5931.
