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Clean with Green Products
Green cleaning, which isn't at all the same as green washing, is one easy way to decrease costs and increase the comfort of people coming into your hotel. You can have a clean hotel, increase guest comfort, and save money by using natural or environmentally friendly cleaning products.
Have a green day and use environmentally friendly cleaning products. Going green includes using natural ingredients for cleaning supplies. Lemon juice, baking soda, white vinegar, water and microfiber cloths are the basis for a clean and inexpensive cleaning program.
Cleaning products contain some of these toxic chemicals: butane, chlorine, formaldehyde, hydrochloric acid, and perchlorethylene. And that's just a short list of the chemicals too many hotels rely on to clean the property. These ingredients are known carcinogens as well as irritants. So why do people use them?
They don't just impact air quality while the housekeeping staff is using the cleaning supplies, they stick around to bother people for hours and days to come. These chemicals coat the surface of everything they touch and impact people later, sometimes much later.
Clean up your act. Get rid of the toxic cleaning chemicals used around the hotel. At the very least switch to Green Seal approved products, recognized environmentally friendly products, or even old-fashioned cleaning materials like white vinegar, baking soda and lemon juice.
Microfiber cloths are a great tool to have in your cleaning cart. The scientific construction of the products trap hair and skin, dirt, and germs so cleaning efforts are less taxing and more effective. Using these cloths with water cleans well. When you want a bit of a cleaning boost use an environmentally friendly cleaner with microfiber cloths and enjoy the results.
Other articles on the subject include Listen to the Canary's Song and Green Cleaning. I'll be continuing to write about this, sharing tips and facts as I go.
My favorite commercial cleaning supplies are found at the Sage Blossom Resource page. Check them out -- maybe they'll become yours too. Cleaning up means your dailp operations as well as your budget.
Posted by Kit
