Products Used
Grand Rapids Commercial Cleaning, LLC will use only Green Seal® or the Environmental Choice Program M certified products and/or recommended products for our Green Customers. If there is no certification for the type of products used the product must meet the following criteria:
Required Environmental Attributes:
- Must not contain any carcinogens, mutagens, or teratogens designated by federal law.
- Must not contain any ozone-depleting compounds, greenhouse gases, or substances that contribute to photochemical smog and poor indoor air quality.
- Must have a pH between 4 and 9.
- Must have a flash point higher than 200º F.
- Must not be corrosive or irritating to the skin or eyes.
- VOC levels must meet or be less volatile than the California Code of Regulations maximum allowable VOC levels for appropriate cleaning product categories.
- Must not be delivered in aerosol cans.
- Must not contain petrochemical-derived fragrances.
- Must not contain dyes.
- Must not contain ingredients included on the Chesapeake Bay Program's Toxics of Concern list.
- Must not contain any chemicals under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
- Must not constitute hazardous wastes, as defined in 40 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 261, when offered for disposal.
- Must not be toxic to humans or aquatic life.
- Must not contain endocrine modifiers, alkyl phenyl ethoxylates, dibutyl phthalate, or heavy metals (e.g., arsenic, lead, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, mercury, nickel, selenium).
- Must be biodegradable.
- Must not contain petroleum distillates.
- Must not be combustible.
- Must not contain more than 0.5 percent by weight of phosphorous.
- Must be bio-based (i.e., utilize biological products or renewable, domestic agricultural [plant, animal, or marine] or forestry materials).
- Must not contain chlorinated solvents.
- Must not contain persistent or bio-accumulative substances.
