Green Cleaning Program in School

Wed, October 19, 2011 at 1:01AM —

GREEN CLEANING PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS

(CT PUBLIC ACT 09-81)

 The State of Connecticut is requiring that each local and regional board of education implement a green cleaning program for all school buildings and facilities in its district.

Norwich Public Schools is committed to the implementation of this law by providing the staff and, upon request, the parents and guardians of each child enrolled in each school with a written statement of the school district’s green cleaning program as well as making it available on its web site annually. This program information will also be distributed to new staff hired during the school year and to parents or guardians of students transferring in during the school year.

  • Green cleaning program means the procurement and proper use of environmentally preferable cleaning products as defined by the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) for all state owned buildings, schools and facilities. DAS currently requires that environmentally preferable cleaning products be independently certified by one of two third party certified organizations: Green Seal or Eco Logo.
  • By July 1, 2011 and thereafter no person shall use a cleaning product in a public school unless it meets the DAS standard. 
  • The types of cleaning products covered in this legislation include: general purpose, bathroom, and glass cleaners, floor strippers and finishes, hand cleaners and soaps. The preferred green cleaning products used by this school district are listed on attachment “A”.
  • Disinfectants, disinfectant cleaners, sanitizers or antimicrobial products regulated by the federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act are not covered by this law.

The following statement will be part of this school districts program as stated in the new law; “NO PARENT, GUARDIAN, TEACHER OR STAFF MEMBER MAY BRING INTO THE SCHOOL FACILITY ANY CONSUMER PRODUCT WHICH IS INTENDED TO CLEAN, DEODORIZE, SANITIZE OR DISINFECT”

The implementation of this program requires the support and cooperation of everyone including administrators, faculty, staff, parents, guardians and facilities staff.

Any questions concerning the program can be directed to:

Dolores Thayer, Facilities Supervisor

Bishop School, 526 Main St., Norwich CT 06360
Phone 860.859.5015 x114

 

ATTACHMENT “A’ GREEN PRODUCT LISTING

 This chart lists the types, names and manufacturers of the green products used by this school district as well as the location/area of application and the schedule of when each is used.

PRODUCT/TYPE

NAME

MANUFACTURER

LOCATION/AREA

FREQUENCY/
SCHEDULE

General cleaner

Surprox #33

Hillyard

General purpose cleaner throughout building

D

 

Floor cleaner

Supershine-all #8

Hillyard

Floor washing

D

Hand soap

Symmetry foam hand soap

 

Buckeye International

All bathrooms and sinks in classrooms

 

D

 

Hand soap

GoJo lotion hand soap

GoJo Industries

All bathrooms and sinks in classrooms (Mahan only)

D

Floor stripper

Elements E06

Misco Products

All floors

A

Floor Finish

Elements E08

Misco Products

All floors

SA

 

Frequency/Schedule:

D = Daily

W = Weekly

M = Monthly

SA = Semi annually

A = Annually