ISSA has agreed to sponsor the
CleanGredients™ database, a project initiated by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Design for the Environment (DfE) with facilitation
and management provided by GreenBlue.
CleanGredients™ is an online database of
institutional and industrial (I & I) cleaning ingredients – a one-stop shop
for green formulation. The database aligns broad environmental and human-health
goals with the cleaning-product industry’s business objectives and will support
formulators in developing and producing products with human- and
environmental-health benefits, whether to meet corporate internal objectives,
regulations, voluntary product recognition programs, or national and
international eco-labels.
“Sponsoring CleanGredients is a great
opportunity for ISSA and its membership, and is consistent with the
association’s overall objective of encouraging and otherwise assisting the
development of cleaning-product formulations with a preferred environmental,
and safety and health profile,” said Bill Balek, ISSA director of legislative
affairs.
ISSA’s sponsorship of CleanGredients also
means that ISSA members that subscribe to the database will receive a 20 per
cent discount off the annual membership fees.
ISSA serves on the CleanGredients Steering
committee, which has overseen the development of the database. Currently,
CleanGredients includes surfactants for hard surface, carpet and laundry
cleaners as well as for hand and dish soaps. Work is already underway to add
additional ingredient classes such as solvents, fragrances, builders,
chelators, etc.
For more information on CleanGredients,
visit www.cleangredients.org.
Companies interested in subscribing to CleanGredients should contact DfE Green
Formulation Initiative, Green Blue Institute, 600 E. Water St., Suite C,
Charlottesville, VA 22902. Tel: (434) 817-1424, e-mail:
