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ACI member social media challenge contributes to nonprofit bringing clean water into underserved communities
To celebrate the launch of the American Cleaning Institute’s (ACI) 2022 Sustainability Report, ACI led a social media challenge, ‘Our Future is Clean,’ throughout the month of October.
To participate, member companies and their staff posted on Twitter with the hashtag #OurFutureIsClean, sharing images or videos of the actions they’re…
Litchfield Middle School Students Promote Lifelong Lessons on Handwashing and Hygiene
"Healthy Schools, Healthy People" Award Given by the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Minnesota FCCLA Chapter Teaches 500 Children about Hand Hygiene and the Benefits of Cleaning Products
A group of Minnesota middle-schoolers knows a thing or two about teaching the meaning of…
SYNTHETIC
DETERGENTS
IN
PERSPECTIVE
their relationship to sewage disposal and safe water supplies
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
THE SOAP AND DETERGENT ASSOCIATION
295 Madison Avenue I wew York 17, N. Y.
Copyright 1962 lThe Soap and Detergent Assocíation
Printed in U.S.A.
FOREWORD
Without ample supplies of good water, the soap and detergent industry can neither serve
the public nor prosper. It is part of our job to protect healthful living-not only by aiding
the quest…
ACI member sustainability challenge contributes to nonprofit bringing clean water into underserved communities
For the third year in a row, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) led social media challenge, ‘Our Future is Clean,’ highlighted the sustainability efforts across the cleaning products industry. The challenge kicked off with the launch of the 2024 ACI Sustainability Report and ran through the month of October.
To…
Q. How likely are you, if at all, to do the following while gathering with friends and family during the holiday season?
89% will frequently wash their hands with soap and water
79% will use hand sanitizer
69% will disinfect frequently touched surfaces
53% will socially distance
53% will use alternative greetings (fist bumping/elbow bumping)
53% will wear a mask
Q. If hosting for the holidays, how concerned, if at all, are you about your guests' opinions of your home…
Q. Thinking about your college kid(s), how prepared do you feel they are to clean their own space?
- 26% said completely prepared
- 38% said very prepared
- 29% said somewhat prepared
- 5% said not very prepared
- 2% said not at all prepared
Q. Which of the following, if any, do you think prevents your college kid(s) from keeping their space clean?
- 56% said lack of motivation
- 46% said lack of time
- 24% said roommate(s) get in the way of them …
This monograph summarizes: 1) critical fate and effects data required for an
environmental risk assessment on alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE); and 2)
conclusions drawn from a risk assessment of APE in the United States.
Although focused on conditions in the U.S., data from other parts of the world
that are critical to a U.S. assessment are included in the monograph. The
monograph is written for a technical audience, but not necessarily one
familiar with environmental risk assessment.
The…
Rising to an Unprecedented Challenge
The cleaning products industry’s response to COVID-19
January–August 2020
2 Cleaning Products Industry Impact Report: COVID-19
An Essential
Response to
Urgent Needs
The COVID-19 pandemic
that has swept the world
has, in just a few months,
changed enormously
the way we live, work
and play.
It has required a response from
governments, healthcare bodies,
businesses and all of us that is, quite
simply,…
ACI-Commissioned Poll Results Reinforce Importance of Using Disinfecting Sprays, Wipes As Directed to Ensure Virus Kill
8 in 10 Americans Are Confident in Ability of Cleaning Products to Protect Against Coronavirus
A new poll conducted for the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) finds that four in ten Americans are not properly allowing disinfectant sprays and wipes to kill the viruses and germs that can make us sick.
The survey, conducted…
THE FUNCTION OF ENZYMES IN CLEANING | ENZYMES ENABLE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL SAVINGS | SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS FOR ENZYMESTHE ROLE OF ENZYMES IN DETERGENT PRODUCTS
The role of enzymes
in detergent products
The industry’s commitment to safe and sustainable use
What is an enzyme?
An enzyme is a catalyst which can speed up biological processes. Enzymes exist in
all of nature – in microorganisms, plants, animals, as well as human bodies. Enzymes
were introduced as…