CRI and Green Seal Logos - do you use them in your biz?

[Tony Wilson]

Been looking into marketing more of a "Green" cleaning. Now I have always used "safe" cleaning solutions and some CRI seal cleaners offered by Bridgepoint. As I understand it, in order to use the CRI logo you have to only use products with the CRI logo. Is that correct? Have any of you gone that way using Only these solutions?

I love my Biobreak, Flex and Ice to much....lol. But then, Zone perfect is a very good pre spray as well, and from what i'm hearing from alot of you, the Procyon line is very good as well.

Hmm,. would love to hear all of your thoughts, experiences.

Thanks.

Tony

 

[Desk Jockey]

I think you can't fool the client with being Green-ish. If you decide to go green make sure you can back it up.

Sure enough someone will call you on it and you'll want to be able to prove to them you're green.

 

[Charlie Lyman]

The only green I'm concerned about is the guacamole I'm going to puke up later after I drink too much beer.

 

[Nate The Great]

The only green I'm concerned about is the guacamole I'm going to puke up later after I drink too much beer.

Or the green that goes in my wallet....................................And no @bob vawter , not the skunk green.............

 

[Tony Wilson]

I think you can't fool the client with being Green-ish. If you decide to go green make sure you can back it up.

Sure enough someone will call you on it and you'll want to be able to prove to them you're green.

Your right! And why would anyone want to? If you are going to go all green and advertise as such, I would hope that anyone in our business would be able to "back it up". With that said, there are a host of cleaning solutions available that are considered "safe" but that's not the same as green or CRI approved. I'm in California so whats available to me from my supplier (VOC laws and such) are very different than what is available in many other states...

And of course this being my 18th year in the biz, I want to use "safe" stuff. for my benefit as well as my customers. But All green? Is it too limiting? Am I not giving the customer The best possible cleaning available because I am only going to carry Green on the truck? probably.

As of now, I use many cleaners. And I have "Green" available to the customers that request it.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I like to think we are conscious of purchasing only safe products for carpet cleaning but "Green" would mean a compromise on some work. A dissatisfied client will only remember they were not happy. Not that you were limited on results being all "Green".

 

[Jamie Messenger]

Been looking into marketing more of a "Green" cleaning. Now I have always used "safe" cleaning solutions and some CRI seal cleaners offered by Bridgepoint. As I understand it, in order to use the CRI logo you have to only use products with the CRI logo. Is that correct? Have any of you gone that way using Only these solutions?

I love my Biobreak, Flex and Ice to much....lol. But then, Zone perfect is a very good pre spray as well, and from what i'm hearing from alot of you, the Procyon line is very good as well.

Hmm,. would love to hear all of your thoughts, experiences.

Thanks.

Tony

Good evening Tony, we have accounts that solely request that CRI green seal chemistry and equipment be used. This is more of a commercial cleaning requirement, I would think. Lots of folks only want "green", but usually in most settings we have the run of the mill to select how, what and why we use what we use. In some cases facilities are LEED Certified so the use of these CRI certified cleaning agents are noted/mandated in the specifications of a bidding situation.

 

[Mikey P]

Being a vegetarian, I automatically out green all you posers


Even Ofer

 

[Desk Jockey]

Your hands suspiciously smelled of dead cow last time we were together.

 

[Larry Cobb]

CRI approves cleaning products that show cleaning effectiveness, moderate pH level, and do not resoil for their warranty maintenance. They may or may not be "green" products, but have some credence in the marketplace. We do have a CRI-approved carpet prespray.

I am not a fan of Green Seal due to the limited number of raw materials that can be utilized due to testing requirements.

I do think that "BioRenewable" is an important concept in the evolution of "green".
It denotes raw materials that can be replaced quickly from plants & trees.
It is where advances are being made in cleaning technology.

 

[Nate The Great]

This is not a knock at anyone, but I always wondered why people are so concerned with being green..... How much water do you use to clean something? Imho, Host or Brushpro compound is the greenish you could be....

Not to mention the guys who pit wash rugs and need to use enough water to flush rugs...

 

[The Great Oz]

"More green" is an easily attainable goal since there are only arbitrary definitions of what green means. Every "green" certification seller has their own rules, often with terrible justifications for some of them. For example, if you don't dump your waste water directly into the local pond, you probably don't need a product built to be safely dumped in the pond.

There may be some marketing value to using a green certification seller's logos. You'd better be up to date on their ever-changing rules though, or risk some true believer exposing you as a fraudulent greenwasher. It might be better to develop an overall approach that combines how you handle waste water, what you leave behind, how far products travel... Taking this global approach requires more thought up front, but is easily explained to customers and doesn't really make you compromise your cleaning methods.

 

[Scott S.]

green doesn't always mean safe.
Safe doesn't always work on every situation

I feel using green when you can and using the good stuff when you have to is greener.

if you use 1 gallon of x product of green to clean a house but it takes you twice as long, burning more fuel, using more water o
vs
using 16 oz of the good stuff and being there half the time, half the fuel, with amazing results and using less water.

whats actually greener?
It would really depend on how green the product was
or how damaging the good product is to the environment.

we try to be green by using only the strength of product needed for the job, so we don't over use cleaners, that lets us use less water, less of the stronger products (by not over using the nuke juices), we keep our vehicles well maintained, recycle the containers we use, recycle the oil we use in our tm/van engine, recycle everything we can, I feel that's currently what green is all about.
being wise to the ways you use your products and how you treat your environment.

 

[The Great Oz]

whats actually greener?
It would really depend on how green the product was
or how damaging the good product is to the environment.

And if you don't dump in the pond, the environment is limited to the customer's carpet.

 

[ruff]

We all know that the "Green" argument can go forever here (and everywhere else too). And people get all political both on the left and the right. From the not so tree hugging Bryan to the vegan, Nevada retired, state tax avoiding republicans.

So, F.F.S. -( For ****'s Sake.) Get a grip.

If the client wants green give them green. Keep your personal convictions out of it. If a Green Seal or any other "seal" makes them happy. Do it.
All they are asking for is that you use products that are safer for them and theirs that has some approval that they trust. They are not asking for anybody's freaking political credo.

Capiche?
and its not easy being

Being a vegetarian, I automatically out green all you posers. Even Ofer

Yea?
I only eat spinach.