COVER STORY THE IMPACTS OF CHEMICAL


LEGISLATION “One of the key issues for customers today is that the UK’s regulatory environment, surrounding the use of cleaning chemicals, is becoming ever more stringent,” Nick explained.


With DEFRA’s government buying standard for cleaning products having been mandatory since 2011 for central government departments and best practice for the rest of public sector since then, and the introduction of CLP this year by REACH, the cleaning industry is starting to look at green practices as a mainstream way of doing business.


Following the publication of the “Invisible Workforce”


report last year, regulations


for the cleaning industry are currently


being compiled by the Equality & Human Rights Commission. This will result in an examination into all aspects of industry practice; with one of these being the negative impact of giving


cleaning operatives


products to do their job that are hazardous to their health. These regulations


are expected shortly and should have a major impact on the types of products given to operators to perform cleaning tasks. They are likely to promote the use of cleaning products that do not have hazardous effects on the health of those that use them on a daily basis.


Nick continued: “Without question, moving to biotechnology based cleaning products will help to ensure that forward-looking cleaning contractors are prepared, whatever the outcome of these recommendations and will deliver real benefit for contract cleaners and end-users alike.”


Adam Trew, InnuScience Sales Director, added: “InnuScience


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products will compete with all of the generic chemicals used widely, in terms of performance, costing, green credentials and sustainability. This means that multiple competitor products can often be replaced by one InnuScience product, allowing our clients to save on COSHH administration, risk assessments and even training requirements.”


DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT… Bunzl Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies made the strategic decision in 2011 to make InnuScience their biological partner. Freddie Forsyth, National Accounts Director for Bunzl explained: “We identified InnuScience as a different type of green product supplier when they entered the UK market in 2010. Extensive trials convinced us that the products not only did what they said on the tin but were also cost effective. We confidently introduced InnuScience to a number of our key customers.”


Nick concluded: “There is a lot of hype and ‘green washing’ in the industry, in terms of what constitutes a ‘green’ or sustainable product – most of which is completely misleading. Quite simply, it comes down to what impact the product has on people and the planet, and our stringent biodegradability benchmark and strict Enviro Performance standard underpins the green strength of our products.”


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