Green Cleaning
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In the Toolkit are free educational materials: Power Point presentations for general audiences and for custodial workers new to green cleaning; tip sheets for parents, teachers, vendors, and school checklists. Also free, a Cleaning for Healthy Schools poster, a poster from the National Association of School Nurses, guidance from NIOSH, model state/district policies, cost reports, and, for a healthier home, how to make your own nontoxic cleaning products for home use.
For detailed reports on greenwashing and safer disinfectants and sanitizers, and other topics, visit the Healthy Products Toolkit.
Posters
- Cleaning for Healthy Schools
- National Association of Nurses Flyer
- NIOSH - Protect Yourself: Cleaning Chemicals and Your Health
Power Points
Start-Up Tools for Schools
- Three Things You Can Do to Get Started
- What You Need to Know to Start a Cleaning for Healthy Schools Program
- Tips for School Staff
- Cleaning for Health, Tips for Success: Vendors
- School-Based Committees and Cleaning for Healthy Schools
- How Does Your School Add Up: Cleaning for Healthy Schools Checklist
- Building Evaluation: Green Cleaning Check List
- FAQ: The Cost of Certified “Green” Cleaners
Other Resources
- Model Fragrance-Free Policy
- New York State's Green Cleaning Program
- Cleaning Schools Effectively the Safe and Healthy Way—CT Dept. of Public Health
- Healthy Schools Network's GUIDE TO GREEN CLEANING: Practices and Products for Schools
- The Nurse's Office: Cleaning the Safe and Healthy Way, Guidance for School Nurses
- Disinfecting and Sanitizing in Child Care Centers: Model Recommendations from San Francisco Asthma Task Force
- Healthy Schools Network's Disinfectant Wipes Guide
- CA OSHA: Certification Standards Help Employers and Cleaners Buy Safer Cleaning Products
- Considerations for State Model Bill Text
- Non-Toxic Cleaning at Home
- Safe Markets Success Story
- Green Seal Blog on Safer Disinfecting for COVID19
- Green Cleaning Can Help Schools Safely Open: February 2021 School Business Affairs magazine, reprinted with permission of the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO).
- Disinfecting & Schools: Panel Presentations and Discussion Products and Equipment for Indoor Health, Webinar, Expert Panel organized by Healthy Schools Network, August 28, 2020