Cleaning your warehouse facility — how hard can it be?
It can be difficult to know the best way forward when it comes to cleaning large facilities like warehouses. What methods are available for cost effective cleaning and what can you expect from the latest cleaning machines and practices?
Scrubber Dryers have been around since 1956, when the first battery powered walk behind was launched by Clarke Floor Equipment. Clarke was later acquired by Nilfisk-Advance and went on to launch the first carpet extractor in 1968.
Before that time huge areas of hard flooring were swept, scrubbed and mopped using large volumes of water and man-power. Floors were left very wet, presenting real health and safety issues for staff and visitors alike.
The modern cleaning machines we see today have certainly come a long way since then. Longstanding manufacturers like Nilfisk- Advance develop products for introduction into 50 countries worldwide.
The Nilfisk mission is clear – “They enable sustainable cleaning worldwide to improve
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quality of life.” This is far reaching but the key word here is sustainable, cleaning is without doubt what they know best - their core competence. In fact, 60% of all products launched in 2012 included environmental improvements.
Nilfisk are proud signatories of the United Nations Global Compact agreement, which embraces globally accepted principles on Human Rights, Labour, Environment and anti-corruption. Signatories provide public disclosure of achievements and measured targets. The Nilfisk Group strive for a 5% reduction in CO2
emissions every year.
As a manufacturer, Nilfisk have more certified HEPA filtration commercial vacuums and more CRI approved carpet extractors than any other. Scrubber dryer volumes however are significant and therefore consume large
volumes of water, detergent and power across the world. Scrubber dryer development is therefore pivotal.
Cleaning has a significant environmental impact, substantial amounts of water are used daily in addition to chemical agents. Retail opening hours continue to increase with cleaning standards and expectations are much higher than ever before. Consumers now accept cleaning going on around them but the end result is more water, power, chemical and consumable usage.
Many facilities now look to use the minimum
amount of chemical, but chemical-free is not always possible if the level of soiling is high. Establishments also vary enormously, an industrial factory floor can hardly be compared to an operating theatre or commercial kitchen.
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