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1. OVERVIEW

• The demand for Green Seal or Environmental
  Choice Program (ECP) Certified cleaning products
  has grown dramatically over the past 6 to 12
  months
• To support the demand for Certified Green
  Products Green Seal and ECP has released
  Criteria for Floor Finishes, Strippers and Carpet
  Care
• The draft criteria can be found on their
  respective websites

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1. OVERVIEW

• Check out the Green Seal Choose Green Report
  at www.greenseal.org/recommendations/CGR_floorcare
  .pdf
• It is a very informative 12 page report providing
  an overview of the market, health and safety
  hazards of traditional products, etc. Note pages
  7 8 for the recommended products

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2) WHY THE NEED FOR GREEN FLOOR CARE

• Annually, Americans spend over 1 billion on
  floor care products
• The institutional/commercial cleaning industry
  employs 2-3 million custodians
• From 1993 to 1997, 12 of work-related cases in
  four major States were associated with exposure
  to floor care products
• Most people spend 90 of their time indoors
• Floor Care products contribute to Indoor Air
  Pollution

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2) WHY THE NEED FOR GREEN FLOOR CARE

• Safer for cleaning workers, building occupants
  and visitors, and the environment
• Easy to do
• Works as well
• No more costly can improve productivity

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2) WHY THE NEED FOR GREEN FLOOR CARE

• Environmental Human Health Concerns of Floor
  Care Products
• VOCs
• Contribute to Indoor Air Pollution
• Can cause nose lung irritation, rashes,
  headaches nausea and asthma
• 2 Butoxy Ethanol (111-76-2) also known as
  Ethylene Glycol Butyl Ether (EGBE)
• Common ingredient in strippers
• US-EPA considers this ingredient a possible human
  carcinogen
• Also considered a learning toxicant

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2) WHY THE NEED FOR GREEN FLOOR CARE

• Environmental Human Health Concerns of Floor
  Care Products
• Ethylene Glycol Butyl Ether (EGBE) 111-76-2
  Ethylene Glycol Ethyl Ether (EGEE) 110-80-5 or
  Ethylene Glycol Methyl Ether (EGME) 109-86-4
• Has been found to cause birth defects and damage
  to reproductive organs
• Potentially hazardous through both inhalation and
  skin contact

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2) WHY THE NEED FOR GREEN FLOOR CARE

• Environmental Human Health Concerns of Floor
  Care Products
• Zinc
• Component of many floor finishes
• Can be toxic to aquatic life in streams, rivers
  lakes
• Endocrine Disrupters
• Synthetic chemicals that can create changes in
  the hormones of humans and animals
• Can cause cancer, birth defects and immune
  problems
• Even very small concentrations can interfere with
  reproductive and many biological processes

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2) WHY THE NEED FOR GREEN FLOOR CARE

• Environmental Human Health Concerns of Floor
  Care Products
• APEs / NPEs
• Surfactants found in floor finishes
• Bioaccumulations and the possibility of acting as
  environmental endocrine disrupters
• Ammonia
• Found in some strippers
• Severe respiratory tract irritant, and exposure
  to its fumes may trigger immediate attacks in
  chemically sensitive individuals such as
  asthmatics

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2) WHY THE NEED FOR GREEN FLOOR CARE

• Environmental Human Health Concerns of Floor
  Care Products
• MEA (Monethanolamine)
• Used to replace ammonia
• Direct eye contact may cause severe eye
  irritations or burns
• May be absorbed through the skin in harmful
  amounts
• Inhalations may irritate the respiratory tract
  and cause central nervous systems effects such as
  dizziness or headaches

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2) WHY THE NEED FOR GREEN FLOOR CARE

• Environmental Human Health Concerns of Floor
  Care Products
• Solvents
• A small number of floor finishes may use
• Can be present in high enough concentrations to
  cause it to be flammable

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3) PICKING SAFER FLOOR FINISHES STRIPPERS

• Pick ones that work well and have the least
  amount of hazardous ingredients
• Do not contain carcinogens or reproductive toxins
• Free of zinc or other metals
• Do not contain ammonia, ammonium hydroxide, or
  ammonium salts
• Do not contain dibutyl phthalate or alkylphenol
  ethoxylates/NPEs
• Do not contain 2-Butoxy Ethanol (EGBE) or
  Ethylene Glycol Ethyl Ether (EGEE) or Ethylene
  Glycol Methyl Ether (EGME)
• VOC concentration no more than 7 by weight for
  finishes and strippers with no more than 7 VOCs
  when diluted

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3) PICKING SAFER FLOOR FINISHES STRIPPERS

• Pick ones that work well and have the least
  amount of hazardous ingredients
• Total phosphorus concentration of 0.5 by weight
  or less
• pH no higher than 11.5
• Flash point above 150 F
• Products in recyclable or refillable containers
• Select both the floor finish and a compatible
  stripper to meet these criteria

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4) Comparison of ECP Green Seal Floor Care
Products- MAIN Criteria
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5) Enviro-Solutions and Certified Green Floor
Care

• We are in the process of getting various products
  certified by both Green Seal and Environmental
  Choice
• In the meanwhile, Enviro-Solutions has 3 products
  recommended by Green Seal- ES80 High Gloss
  Floor Finish, ES96 High Traffic Floor Finish, and
  ES85 Scrub Free Stripper
• We have the most products of any company on the
  Recommended List and are one of only a couple
  with a system of finishes and stripper
• We do have these and other products on lists of
  certain States and Provinces

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5) Enviro-Solutions and Certified Green Floor
Care

• In addition, we have 5 products Certified by both
  Green Seal and ECP, thereby ensuring the most
  stringent Criteria has been met (including ES84C
  Neutral Floor Cleaner) 14 products Certified by
  ECP and various Approved by certain States,
  Provinces and Cities leading to be Green and
  Clean
• In addition, our Floor Finishes and ES95
  (formerly ES RESTORE) are UL Certified for Slip
  Resistance
• We are committed to continue to lead the Green
  Market with PROVEN products that

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5) Enviro-Solutions and Certified Green Floor
Care

• Work as well or better than traditional ones
• Are priced as competitive to the major
  traditional brands
• Are safer for peopleusers as well as occupants
  and visitors to the buildings
• Are safer for the environment

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6) IMPLEMENTING GREEN

• Conclusions
• Going Green has proven over over that there
  are many benefits
• Improved health safety of the users of the
  products and the occupants visitors to the
  building is the most important.
• The benefits to the environment, the positive
  effect on overall long term cost, the potential
  increase in productivity, are other important
  benefits. And there are more

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