How To Make Sure Your Spill Cleaning Products Are Truly Green

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Is your company using truly green, eco-friendly cleaning products to keep its shop or offices clean or to pick up liquid spills? As concerns about pollution and dwindling natural resources rise, more and more 21st century citizens are attempting to go green, and want businesses to do the same. As a result business owners have responded by adopting more green policies. Simultaneously, to meet the demands of business owners or individuals who want to be less wasteful and more conscious of their cleaning methods, we’ve seen the invention of new lines of ‘green’ products, meant to be just as effective while causing less harm to the Earth and to workers alike. Sadly, more often than not a green product is not truly green with many products not meeting their advertised eco-friendly claims. How does this happen? For starters, many green products’ ingredients include dangerous chemicals as part of their composition which can be inhaled or can linger in an office and  harm a person’s health. Another common problem is that a green product may not properly absorb the mess it was supposed to clean. Consequently when the product and the mess are dumped into landfills (often illegally), both the green product and the original mess can leak toxic chemicals into the surrounding soil. This is especially true of industrial waste, where absorbent products are often used to clean up after fuel spills, acid spills, chemical spills, oil and lubricant spills. Does this mean we should give up on finding safe, green products? Not at all. The good news is that not every green product includes dangerous chemicals, and plenty are actually made from recycled or, even better, renewable resources. For example, SpillFix, an organic absorbent product meant to help tackle everything from oil to paint to lubricant and fuel spills, is made not from chemicals, but from naturally occurring coconut husks. (Yes, coconut husks!) SpillFix is a truly green product> It’s made from a renewable resource and it thoroughly absorbs the mess it cleans/SpillFix also prevents any toxic chemicals that it may have picked up from leaking back into the landfills it’s dumped into. However, for every truly green product sold today, there are many that don’t meet the criteria of a green product, and yet are sold under the green label. The solution to this problem? Vote with our wallets. Whether they’re looking for office or industrial spill-strength cleaning products to keep their building or distributor warehouse running, both individuals and companies can show companies they want a greener product market simply by buying greener products. A little research can quickly reveal what to and what not to buy. One of the great resources you can use to learn what meets today’s green standards includes the EPA’s Database for Environmental Information for Products and Services. It also only takes a few moments to Google the ingredients of a product. With so much information made so easily available to us, we can surely take the time to make sure that the product we buy won’t do more harm than good if its used. In this case, what we buy really can make a difference!

  • “Bar-B-Que sauce is easy enough to clean up when it’s on your fingers and lips, but it’s an entirely different story when a five-gallon jug of it ruptures and flows onto a warehouse floor. SpillFix was applied to the entire disaster area – from the pallet to the cardboard, the shrink wrap and the growing puddle on the floor. In three and a half minutes, the entire mess was cleaned, and the warehouse was restored to a safe workplace again — using just one product.”

    Warehouse Supervisor, Food Manufacturing

  • "I have yet to encounter a spill or leak this product can’t handle. Without SpillFix, my job would be much more difficult to achieve. I fully give this product a 100% success. I’ve been working here for almost 8 years. Best thing I’ve ever used in my job to date." Read case study.

    Ground Operations Administrator, FedEX

  • "Our company mission is all about sustainability so SpillFix is a great fit for us."

    John C., Oil & Steel Industry

  • "I’ve been in this business for a long time, and I’ve never seen anything like it." Read case study.

    Scott B, Maintenance Manager

  • "SpillFix left no residue removing any slip and fall threat to our workers."

    Chris B., Heavy Manufacturing Industry

  • "The most important thing for us is that the product works, and it does." Read case study.

    Travis B., Operations Manager

  • "SpillFix played an essential role to get us LEAN Certified."

    Anonymous

  • "SpillFix is the fastest, easiest and the most effective absorbent we have ever used. Hands down."

    Tim O., Manufacturing Industry

  • "SpillFix helps us keep spills under control in dorms, cafeterias and other common areas. Huge savings in disposal costs and maintenance and repairs deferred."

    Joe K., Higher Education Sector

  • "SpillFix cleans the spills up on our floors better than the previous current products. However, the cleaning has to be done correctly, this is a watch-out-change for our team. In the past, we put down our current product and walked away for a few hours or a day. SpillFix should be cleaned up right away." Read case study.

    Fleet Manager, Beverage Manufacturer
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