| Leading commercial cleaning providers Sloane | | | | to the environment. |
| Cleaning Services are promoting new | | | | According to the spokesperson for Sloane |
| ‘green’ cleaning schemes throughout their | | | | Cleaning Services this comes down to educating |
| series of commercial cleaning services. | | | | office cleaners and encouraging new |
| The office cleaning company who have been | | | | ‘green’ initiatives across the company, |
| working with a variety of companies throughout | | | | including adopting environmentally friendly schemes |
| the Greater London area since 1980, have | | | | within the cleaning company itself and not just |
| ironically ‘cleaned up their act’ when it | | | | whilst cleaning customers premises. |
| comes to utilising environmentally friendly cleaning | | | | “We all need to do our bit for the |
| products. | | | | environment and there is no better place to start |
| With the major part of their cleaning services | | | | than within your own organisation. Switching to |
| being performed by their team of professional | | | | energy saving electrical devices, lighting and car |
| office cleaners, Sloane have adapted their training | | | | sharing when visiting customers are just a few |
| methods in order to educate their staff on ways | | | | ways we have tried to cut back on our energy |
| to use electrical equipment more efficiently and | | | | emissions.” |
| ensure that chemical cleaning agents are only | | | | He continued; |
| used sparingly. | | | | “Our team are happy to be doing their bit for |
| A spokesperson for the London based cleaning | | | | the environment and have adapted their cleaning |
| specialists had this to say; | | | | regimes in order to meet more ‘green’ |
| “We have always tried to maintain a | | | | standards. This includes turning off all equipment |
| responsible attitude towards the environment and | | | | when not in use, even if they are only leaving it |
| as such have tried to adapt our cleaning methods | | | | for a minimal amount of time. Every effort is also |
| in order to be as environmentally friendly as | | | | being made to minimise the use of toxic or |
| possible.” | | | | harmful chemicals.” |
| As more and more companies in the UK look for | | | | It seems then that Sloane Cleaning Services are |
| ways to reduce their carbon footprint, office | | | | making a real and conscious effort to clean up |
| cleaning companies are amongst those who can | | | | their energy emissions so maybe it’s about |
| make the biggest impact when it comes to the | | | | time we all did the same? |
| reduction of cleaning chemicals that are hazardous | | | | |