Opportunities for Green Cleaning

Eco friendly office cleaning and the use of environmentally sustainable cleaning products are making big gains in the commercial cleaning industry, but there are still substantial opportunities for companies to improve.

Since ICS Cleaning led the way, Green cleaning is the predominant theme in the industry. Clients are actively evaluating ways to decrease their carbon footprints.

Currently, truly green cleaning products account for only 2% to 5% of the products sold in the $17.5 billion U.S. cleaning products market for household, janitorial, food service, and laundry chemicals. This means approx 95% of the market is left open.

Leading green cleaning company ICS have been using biodegradable green cleaning products across it's range in delivering office cleaning and commercial cleaning services for several years, this is in addition to using LPG vans, recycling all our packaging, using only recycled and sustainable paper products plus numerous other initiatives means ICS are at the forefront of offering clients a green cleaning service which is competitive and if exceptionally high standards.

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The key to finding the right cleaning staff and retaining them

Cleaning staff turnover is a problem for contract cleaning companies. In the industry the turnover is sometimes high so hiring and retaining good cleaners is crucial to a cleaning company’s operations. Training is a key component of retention, keeping lines of communication open and extending gratitude for a job well done is also important to workers.

Office cleaners often say they say they enjoy the company of their coworkers and the people who work in the buildings they clean, and they have support from their bosses, and those factors have translated to many years of satisfied employment.

Positively reinforcing those who do a good job is a routine part of management for ICS Cleaning, as employees in general perform better when they feel they’re appreciated, he says.

Everyone likes to be appreciated. So simply saying, ‘Great job,’ or even a simple thank you — goes a long way.

When cleaners have done a good job, especially on a special project, supervisors and bosses should reward them.

Training appreciated
Office and contract cleaners and supervisors agree that training is one of the most important factors affecting the cleaning industry. When initial training is done properly, it demonstrates to employees exactly how their jobs should be performed. When that training is followed up on to ensure retention of proper cleaning techniques, it reinforces the correct behaviors and allows for the correction of anything the employee is doing wrong.

The key to good training we belive is to demonstrate how the job should be done and follow that with specific expectations.

Our supervisors get out there and show our staff how it’s supposed to be done, the expectations of it and what it should be.

Good training keeps workers around, as it conveys that the company cares about their safety and that they’re doing a good job.

Training is important because it gives opportunities to the employee to feel comfortable in the workplace. The big challenge when dealing with employee training is to communicate to the new employee the importance of doing a good job.

Training should be an ongoing process for cleaning staff. That gives employees a comfort level with what they’re doing and the fact that they know what they’re doing.

A happy, satisfied cleaner leads to a satisfied customer, which then likely becomes a long-term customer.

ICS invest in LPG vans and the future..

ICS Cleaning made a decision several years ago to try to reduce it's environmental footprint in whichever ways possible. ICS were one of the first cleaning companies to start using eco friendly LPG vans and are still one of the few who have upgraded their fleet. Lpg vans run on a dual fuel system which drastically lowers harmful emissions. We are now delighted to announce we are phasing out the last few diesel vans and replacing them with some larger LPG vans. Not only do we expect to reduce emissions we hope with the larger vehicles we can reduce the amount of journeys required to deliver stock (we supply and deliver eco friendly office cleaning products, such as bio degradable bin liners, recycled toilet paper - the soft type not the tracing paper type).If you are interested in an eco friendly cleaning service that doesn't cost extra but is actually more competitive because we are constantly looking at ways to reduce waste and cut ineffientcy whilst maintaining high standards, why not get a free online quote now, or contact us today to get one of our cleaning surveyors round to visit your premises to see what we can do for you.