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Get the jump on seasonal cleaning!
It's fall, so how about getting started with spring cleaning?! While that may sound like a contradiction in terms, stop and think about it. Warm summer months means vacations away from home and more time spent outdoors. But while you were out enjoying yourself, dirt and grime didn't take a vacation. They sat around the house, accumulating and multiplying. And, now, with the winter months ahead and the holiday seasons rushing in…
How to wash dishes by hand:
Prep - scrape off food
Fill - get some clean, hot, soapy water
Wash - scrub them, under the water
Rinse - wash off all suds and residue
Dry - air dry or towel dry
There are two common ways to hand wash dishes: by "diluting" dish detergent in a sink or dishpan filled with water, or by squirting detergent directly onto a sponge or the dirty dish (called the "neat" method). Whichever dishwashing method you choose, be sure to follow…
Cleaning sofas, tables, and other furnishings helps keep them beautiful and in good shape for years to come.
© American Cleaning Institute 2012
Final Report Fatty Alcohols in the Riverine Environment: The effect of wastewater treatment type and Eco-region
A study of the fatty alcohols in the influent, effluent and sediments associated with municipal
wastewater treatment plants in Oklahoma, Ohio and Oregon, USA.
Prepared for the American Cleaning Institute by
Stephen M. Mudge
August 2012
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The Shifting Effects Of The New 1,4-Dioxane Law
Same level of 1,4-Dioxane because more 1X product is needed
for the same cleaning task.
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Concentrated/Compacted Product,
10 ppm 1,4-Dioxane
(20% Surfactant)
50 mg of 1,4-Dioxane
25 ml Needed for Cleaning Task
1X Product,
5 ppm 1,4-Dioxane
(10% Surfactant)
50 mg of 1,4-Dioxane
100 ml Needed for Cleaning Task
The Shifting Effects Of The New 1,4-Dioxane Law
POTENTIAL 2022…
If you or your child have allergies or asthma, you already know that many things can bring on, or "trigger," an asthma flare or episode. Some things that trigger asthma attacks are called allergens. Some people get symptoms from only one allergen - like dust mites. For other people, more than one kind of allergen can trigger an episode.
Tobacco smoke is an asthma trigger. Avoid smoking in a home where a person with asthma lives.
The…
Free, Online Resources Prepare College Students Keeping Clean On and Off Campus
Download the Toolkit: CleaningInstitute.org/ClassofClean
Do college students know how to clean? The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) aims to answer yes to that question with its brand new Class of Clean: The College Student’s Guide to Cleaning toolkit, which provides concise, step-by-step information and guidance to help keep college kids clean and healthy.
The Class of Clean toolkit was designed with young…
• ACI Distinguished Paper Award Presented at AOCS Annual Meeting
Research that could simplify how surfactants are used in recovering crude oil from oilfields and processing them in refineries has been recognized as the best paper published in 2018 in the Journal of Surfactants & Detergents.
Researchers from the FIRP laboratory at University of the Andes, Merida, Venezuela, authored the paper that was recognized at the 2019 American Oil Chemists…
SC Johnson
Across the cleaning product supply chain, companies have increased production, adapted manufacturing lines, donated money and resources, and taken extra measures to protect their employees. Here is one such story from SC Johnson. See our full COVID-19 Impact Report for more.
When Patrick Harris, Senior Director, R&D at SC Johnson, first sent out a note asking for volunteers to make hand sanitizer for donation to first responders, health…
Experts from Procter & Gamble, Nouryon and NRF to Discuss Policy PrioritiesACI Convention Set for January 27-31, 2025, Orlando, FLExperts from Procter & Gamble, Nouryon and the National Retail Federation will discuss issues and policy priorities impacting the cleaning product supply chain following the 2024 election during the Insights and Answers session at the 2025 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Industry Convention.“The Road Ahead: Insights on the Supply Chain Policy Agenda…