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Q. American Heart Health Month has inspired me to use my treadmill (for exercise, not a clothes rack!) How do I clean it?
Keeping your treadmill and other exercise equipment clean is important for maintenance and safety. Fortunately, it’s easy. (Much easier than keeping up with a rigorous exercise routine.) Just follow these steps and you’ll be off and running!
Use a clean, dry cloth to wipe away sweat on the deck, handrails and conveyer belt after every use.
Once a week, use a damp, clean…
Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces in your home after flooding is a major undertaking. It is important that it be done right to prevent further damage to the property and help prevent illness. Choosing and using the right cleaning product for the job is critical. Keeping cleaning products in a secure location after a flood and during cleaning is crucial.
From torrential downpours to broken pipes to leaky…
The fate of high volume personal care product chemicals (fatty alcohols) in riverine environments:
the e�ect of treatment type and Eco-region
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The Cold Water Saves Initiative educates about the benefits of cold water washing, a sustainable action that greatly benefits the environment with little effort on the individual’s part.
What's in it for me?
Save energy.
Save your clothes.
Save the planet.
About 90% of the energy the washing machine uses goes towards heating the water. According to the Sierra Club, every household that switches to cold water washing could eliminate about…
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Using stable isotopes of carbon (13C) and hydrogen (2H) to determine the contribution and fate of detergent fatty alcohols in the environment
S.M. Mudge – Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, UNITED KINGDOM
P.C. DeLeo…
American Cleaning Institute Launches the Packets Up! Challenge
Calls on Parents, Caregivers to Keep Laundry Products in Their Original Container
Urges Pinterest, Other Social Platform Users Not to Promote Unsafe Storage Trends
New research from the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) finds nearly 13% of Americans are not storing liquid laundry packets in their original child resistant containers.
A simple search on popular social media platforms, like…
American Cleaning Institute 2011 Parents’ & Kids’ Handwashing Attitudes & Behaviors Study Findings
The following questions were asked of 521 parents of children 8-17 years old and 512 children 8-17 years old. Children were not those of parents surveyed. The online survey was conducted by Russell Research between September 7-13, 2011, on behalf of the American Cleaning Institute.
Children’s Survey Highlights:
Which of the following are reasons…
If your plastic dish or container can’t hold its shape in hot water or the microwave, then you may need to recycle it. This is true of most containers that are meant for on-time use only, like takeout containers and those that you purchase food products in, such as yogurt containers.
Plastic Food Containers
If the container is a keeper, make sure it is clean for the next use.
Wash
Remove any leftover food and rinse in hot water
Wipe extra grease with a…
ACI Convention Charity Events to Benefit "Clean the World"
Clean the World Recycles Soaps, Hygiene Products, Provides Much Needed Resources to Communities in Need
2018 ACI Convention to Feature Charity Duck Race, Golf Tourney, Hygiene Kit
Washington, D.C. – October 31, 2017 – Clean the World, a leader in global health which recycles discarded hygiene products and distributes them to children and families in need, will be the charity of choice at the 2018 American …
Grout is generally porous and white or light colored and can get dirty or discolored quickly. Get it clean with a little chemistry and a bit of elbow grease.
First off, you'll want to use an alkaline cleaner. Grout is primarily cement and can be dissolved by acids. Over time, an acidic cleaner may require you to re-grout sooner than intended.
How do you know if your cleaner will do the trick? Typically the product label will tell you the surfaces it works on. Or, if it's says it…