Sanitation Canada.  January - February  2007.
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ON THE COVER: Resolve to Eliminate Pests in 2007 Pest Management Checklist for the New Year
By ZIA SIDDIQI, Ph.D., B.C.E., Quality Assurance Director, Orkin Canada
While you’re thinking of ways to improve maintenance in your facility in the New Year, put pest management high on the priority list. As you make New Year’s resolutions for 2007, now is the perfect time to re-evaluate your pest management strategy and get on the right track for a pest-free year.Your facility can offer everything that pests like rodents, stored-product pests and cockroaches seek: food, shelter and water. Besides the fact that pests can contaminate products and damage property, a sighting by a health inspector or by a customer can result in negative publicity and even closing the facility. To protect your reputation and your bottom line, work with a pest management professional to guard your establishment against pests. Follow the 2007 Pest Management Checklist to get the New Year off to a great start.  Read more...

Carpet Maintenance Program
By STEVE WILLIAMS
Often, during the winter months, building service contractors (BSCs) and carpet cleaning professionals find that customers’ interest in carpet cleaning essentially evaporates. However, for a commercial facility, postponing carpet cleaning due to adverse weather conditions may make carpets more difficult to clean when spring arrives – increasing carpet cleaning costs and risking harm to the indoor environmental quality of the facility. Read more...

Micheal Joseph McCabe
Micheal Joseph McCabe passed away peacefully on Christmas Day, 2006, surrounded by his family at the age of 62. Mike will be sadly missed by relatives and friends and the many business acquaintances he made over 40 years. He always had time to offer advice to anyone asking. Mike will always be remembered by many who had an opportunity to play golf with him. Standing over the ball with a cigar hanging out of his mouth ready to club the ball with a seven wood. It didn’t matter what hole or how far, it was always a seven wood. He might not have been the best golfer in the world but never was there a better man.  Read more...

CSSA - Celebrating 50 Years!
In 1957 a group of 12 manufacturers and distributors in the sanitary supply industry got together to establish a national trade association representing the industry in Canada. Initially called the Canadian Sanitation Standards Association, the group received their Letters Patent in 1957 and began to officially operate early in 1958. The name was changed to the Canadian Sanitation Supply Association (CSSA) in 1986.  Read more...

Can Clean 2007
The trade show for the cleaning professional in Canada will be held May 2 and 3, 2007 at the Direct Energy Centre (formerly the National Trade Centre) at Exhibition Place, Toronto.
Show hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days.  Read more...

Associations - The Power of Membership
By KEITH SOPHA, Director of Membership and Education, Canadian Association of Environmental Management
Membership within an association can enhance an individual’s professional edge and is worth the contribution of your time and effort.
Individuals belong to associations for various reasons. Membership provides you and your peers with unity and the opportunity to speak with a single voice on matters of importance within your industry.
Associations may be a central body or resource to communicate new trends, legislation and other changes within the service you provide.  Read more...

10 Steps in Successful Spot Removal
by WILLIAM GRIFFIN, president of Cleaning Consultants
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A Test to Learn From
Teachers tell us when we are kids that the purpose of a test is not to measure how much we know – or don’t know – but rather to help us learn. Although some of us may have disagreed, the goal of testing is indeed to improve and expand our knowledge regarding various subjects.
With this in mind, I would like to invite our readers to take a few minutes and complete the following Green cleaning quiz. And, as with all tests, it is not to determine what you know or don’t know, but rather to help you become better educated and aware of the number one trend in the cleaning industry today: the use of environmentally preferable cleaning products and systems. And, to further enhance the quiz’s education, the correct answers are shown with a brief explanation of each. Read more...

Quality Audits: The Tool of the Future
Although inspection programs have been around for years and are the report card for a housekeeping program’s performance, we are now seeing increasing importance being placed on quality audits and how they are performed.
In addition, we are seeing an increasing demand in our business for quality audits as an independent third party. The cost of a third party is lower than in-house inspectors plus the auditing firm is not subject to the same pressures from the cleaning contractor and their own peers within the premises.  Read more...

Everything’s Coming Up Green!
Environmental Preferability, Safety and Health Take Centre Stage
Environmental preferability is the new mantra of the business community, as smart companies across all industry sectors use environmental-based strategies to innovate, create value and build competitive advantage.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in our industry, where green cleaning has taken firm hold in the marketplace and continues to flourish, as attendees at ISSA/INTERCLEAN® 2006 witnessed.  Read more...

Risky Business
Risk management is a term heard widely in health care today. When I ask housekeeping managers how they manage Risk Management issues within the housekeeping department, I often hear that it is an issue dealt with by different departments in the organization.
The fact is that, just like Occupational Health and Safety, Risk Management must be a daily concern of every housekeeping manager. Most organizations have policies in place dealing with risk and many have implemented Risk Management Committees.  Read more...

Fresh Products Appoints Advantage Maintenance Products
Fresh Products has announced a territory change in Canada by appointing Advantage Maintenance Products (AMP) as its new sales and marketing partner throughout Canada.
The result of this partnership is Fresh Products will be increasing its presence in Advantage’s catalogue, participating in regional trade shows such as Can Clean 2007 in Toronto, Ont. and Salon de l’Écosalubrité in Montreal, and by working with the national sales force to increase Fresh business throughout Canada.  Read more...

EcoLogo to Help Sponsor Cleangredients Program
EcoLogo(M), North America’s leading certification and Green marketing organization, has announced that it is one of three sponsors of CleanGredients™, a project of GreenBlue based in Charlottesville, VA.
CleanGredients, which was officially launched in October 2006 at the ISSA/INTERCLEAN trade show in Chicago, helps formulators of Green cleaning chemicals and products to select chemical ingredients that are environmentally preferable. Read more...

New Vice President Of Manufacturing At Contico
Jeffrey Schiopota joined Contico, a division of Continental Commercial Products, as vice president of manufacturing, effective Jan. 1, 2007.
Schiopota, who will be based in Bridgeton, Missouri, will lead the 300-person manufacturing team at Contico’s three injection-moulding facilities in Bridgeton and Hazelwood, Missouri, and Norwalk, Calif. A manufacturing leader with over 20 years of experience, Schiopota’s expertise lies in improving processes, productivity and increasing value for customers. He has been involved with plastics, rubber and composites moulding throughout his career.  Read more...

Alex Trudel Joins The Dissan Group
Mario Lamarche, general manager of the Dissan Group Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Trudel to the newly-created position of national manager of business development. Trudel is a veteran of the jansan industry and has spent the past 10 years working for SCA North America at various positions across Canada.  Read more...

Enviro Solutions And The Bullen Companies Forge Marketing Alliance
Enviro-Solutions, a manufacturer of Green cleaning products, and The Bullen Companies, manufacturer of more than 150 different cleaning products, have entered into a strategic marketing alliance.
The arrangement establishes each company as a “master distributor” for each other’s products throughout the United States, while allowing each company to be in control of and promote its own brands respectively.  Read more...

Green Seal Initiates Revision Of Gs-37 Standard For I & I Cleaners
Green Seal has begun the process of conducting a comprehensive review and revision of GS-37, its environmental standard for institutional and industrial cleaning products. The scope of products covered by GS-37 include I & I general purpose, bathroom, glass and carpet cleaners.
The process of revising GS-37 is expected to take about one year and will include a formal public review of the proposed revisions about half-way through the process.
Green Seal has decided to revisit GS-37 with an eye toward “ramping up” its environmental, and safety and health criteria largely because of issues that have arisen in the context of new York State’s adoption of GS-37 for schools in 2006. These issues revolve around the adequacy of GS-37 in protecting the health of sensitive populations such as school age children and others.  Read more...

Impact Products Names Terry Neal New President
Impact Products LLC has promoted Terry Neal to the position of president and chief operating officers.
Neal has been with Impact Products since 1996, serving as national sales manager, vice president of sales and marketing, and, most recently, as vice president of marketing.  Read more..

SCA Tissue Europe Tops Wwf Environmental Assessment Of Tissue Makers Culture Of Environmental Responsibility
In its annual environmental performance assessment of Europe’s major tissue manufacturers, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) again gave its highest marks to SCA Tissue.
WWF, one of the world’s largest independent conservation organizations with a global network that is active in more than 100 countries, annually assesses the five major European tissue manufacturers across a range of environmental criteria, including levels of recycled content, wood sourcing practices, pollution control and transparency in operations. Read more...

Superior Manufacturing Group Announces The Acquisition Of The Teknor Apex Food Service Matting Divison
Superior Manufacturing Group has announced that it has purchased the Food Service Matting Division of Teknor Apex, effective Jan. 2, 2007. With this acquisition, Superior Manufacturing Group now becomes an industry leading supplier of floor matting to the food service industry with the formation of the new NoTrax® Food Service Matting Division. In addition, Superior has also purchased the cutting board and hot water hose products to be offered as part of the food service product line. Read more...

Tennant Company Announces Key Promotions
Tennant Company has announced that it has promoted two key executives.David Meyers has been promoted to director of Global Current Product Engineering and Lean Services. Most recently, Meyers was Chief Engineer of New Product Development in Tennant Company’s Holland, Mich., facility.  Read more...

Tennant Company Names Global Operations Vice President And International Vice President
Tennant Company has announced that it has named Don Westman to lead its global operations as vice president, global operations, and Karel Huijser to lead its International business as vice president, international.  Read more...

Wood Wyant Joins Network Services Company
Wood Wyant, a distributor of janitorial supplies and equipment in Canada, has joined Network Services Company, a $12 billion U.S.-based international organization of more than 200 independent distributors providing janitorial supplies, food service disposables, industrial packaging products and printing materials.
Wood Wyant is a client-focused, national provider of expert cleaning and maintenance solutions to the industrial, commercial and institutional markets in Canada. Founded in 1922 and headquartered in Laval, Que., Wood Wyant has 17 locations across Canada. The company conducts training, develops customer-specific cleaning programs, and provide call-in and mobile technical service for maintenance equipment.  Read more...

Small Scrubber, Big Cleaning Power
The new Crewman™ AS20B automatic scrubber is said to allow users to manoeuvre with ease through small or congested areas. The machine can effectively and efficiently clean up to 15,000 sq. feet per hour with the powerful dual counter rotating brushes. The machine quickly recovers water with a weighted squeegee and removes tough soils easily with 50 pounds of floating head pressure.  Read more...

Revolutionary Neutral Disinfectant Cleaner Introduced
ES 64 is a no-rinse, NPE-free, neutral disinfectant that truly cleans and disinfects in one-step. The pH- neutral ES 64 can be used in hospitals, medical and dental offices, nursing homes, kitchen floors, walls, counters, toilets, urinals – wherever a hospital-grade disinfectant, fungicidal, virucidal or bactericidal cleaner is necessary.
ES 64 can also be used to kill H1V-1 on pre-cleaned environmental surfaces and objects. Easy to use, when the ES 64 is correctly diluted, it can be used in a mop bucket, a trigger sprayer or an auto scrubber.  Read more...

Kaivac’s New Web Site Emphasizes Solutions
Kaivac Inc., developers of the No-Touch Cleaning™ system, has introduced a new web site to better inform visitors about the benefits of No-Touch Cleaning. The new site also provides extensive information about Kaivac cleaning equipment, chemicals and products. Read more...

New Multi-Surface Cleaner, Degreaser And Stain Remover
Pro Orange Peroxide Cleaner from Pro-Link is an environmentally-responsible all-purpose cleaner that quickly removes common soils and stains with minimal impact on the environment. Biodegradable, Pro Orange Peroxide Cleaner contains no phosphates, petroleum, carcinogens or other toxins. Combining the powerful cleaning ability of d’limonene and hydrogen peroxide, Pro Orange is said to be the perfect cleaning solution for all day-to-day cleaning needs.  Read more...

Proteam Introduces The Super Quartervac
ProTeam has introduced the new Super QuarterVac which is said to be a more compact and lightweight version of ProTeam’s best-selling Super Coach – one of the most powerful backpack vacuums on the market. With the same motor and high performance filtration of the Super Coach, the Super QuarterVac weighs only 10 pounds, a versatile size that is well-suited for a wide range of cleaning professionals and mid-sized cleaning tasks.  Read more...

Qwatro Corporation Introduces New Chlorine Dioxide Delivery System
Qwatro Corporation, a manufacturer of environmentally friendly sanitation and industrial maintenance products, has announced the introduction of a new chlorine dioxide delivery system – Selectrocide®. Qwatro Corporation is the new distributor of Selectrocide chlorine dioxide products in Canada. Selectrocide chlorine dioxide is registered in the United States by the EPA for the prevention and elimination of potentially deadly infections commonly known as “staph” infections.  Read more...

Carpet Extraction Without The Pain
Back injuries are common among professional carpet cleaners. The work is strenuous and made worse because most portable extractors are heavy, awkward and cumbersome to manoeuvre.
The new Solus, from US Products, has an upright dolly design with 12-inch rear wheels, making it easy for one person to transport up and down stairs, or into and out of vehicles.  Read more...

Steris Corporation Introduces a Safe Alternative to Commonly Used Healthcare High-Level Disinfection Chemistries
STERIS Corporation has announced the commercial release of Secure™ HLD High Level Disinfectant and Chemosterilant for GI and OR markets in Canada only. The release is a result of a long-term global technology licensing agreement between STERIS and Virox Technologies Inc. Health Canada has approved the Secure HLD formulation as a high-level disinfectant and sterilant for medical devices and other instrumentation.  Read more...