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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), the trade association for the U.S. cleaning product supply chain, as a Safer Choice Partner of the Year.
EPA’s Safer Choice helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment.
Throughout 2022, ACI amplified Safer Choice’s messaging, featuring the program in member newsletters, ACI’s 2022…
This is an ACI Members Only webinar.
Members of EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (Matt Tejada) and EPA Smart Sectors (Karen Chu) will provide ACI members with an overview of Environmental Justice. The presentation will include EPA/government's reason for addressing EJ issues, the role industry can play and where industry can help advance this administration's environmental justice goals…
Findings Indicate that a European Model for Predicting Environmental Concentrations for Alkyl Sulfates is Overly Conservative
Article Published in Environmental Sciences Europe
A European Union model used to predict the environmental exposure of a major detergent ingredient is overly conservative and “significantly overestimates” effluent concentrations, new research shows.
A study co-authored by the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), “…
The U.S. cleaning product industry’s second biennial sustainability report showcases continual adoption of sustainability practices within the cleaning products supply chain. The report details environmental metrics collected from 24 ACI member companies in four key areas: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and solid waste generation, all of which show overall decreases in impact. It also highlights how the ACI and its members have played roles in improving product…
ACI members can watch this event on demand.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, use of certain topical antiseptic compounds—specifically benzalkonium chloride (BAC), benzethonium chloride (BZC) and chloroxylenol (PCMX)—had increased due to the phase-out of triclosan and triclocarban in soaps and other cleaning products.
On behalf of ACI, Ramboll completed an environmental safety assessment for the target antiseptic compounds, as a proactive measure to provide an appropriate…
Findings Indicate that Antiseptic Compounds Are Unlikely to Cause Adverse Ecological Impacts
Risk Analysis Framework May Be Adapted for Other Ingredients That Reach the Environment Through Down-the-Drain Pathways
Article Published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
The use of three topical antiseptic compounds – benzalkonium chloride (BAC), benzethonium chloride (BZT) and chloroxylenol (PCMX) – has increased due to the phase-out of other antimicrobial ingredients (…
Polymers
K. Stanton, M.W. Lam, A. Carrao
2019
Across our membership, we're Uniting for a Cleaner World to achieve common goals.
Increase Transparency
We are striving to provide the information people need to make informed decisions when choosing cleaning products.
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“Even in challenging times, ACI is the forum for B2B engagements,” says CEO Melissa Hockstad
Also highlighted in “State of the Association” address: building upon the successful platform 'Cleaning is Caring" ACI will double down on outreach efforts
Throughout 2022, the American Cleaning Institute will build upon its core strategic pillars in advancing the interests of cleaning product manufacturers and chemistry producers: business, science, sustainability and communications…
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2019 Sustainability Report Launch
Social Media Toolkit
It is with great pleasure that ACI presents our 2019 Sustainability Report, The Future is Clean, which you
can now find on our website. We invite you to share the report throughout your company and with your
key stakeholders, customers and audiences.
Please see suggested content on the following pages for sharing this important message through your
social channels. In addition,…