OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - At nearly $90 a gallon, the cleaning product Tuf Job would seem like a tough sell.

But last December, David Lowry went door to door in the Mills Farm subdivision of south Overland Park, peddling this product.  He convinced several people to buy it, customers who have now contacted Call for Action.

“He would name drop people on the block,” Angie Hernandez said, who spent $179 for two gallons.

So did Vanessa Perry.

"He kind of named some neighbors that he had sold to and did windows for,” Perry said.
The Tuf Job website calls the product a “wonder cleaner” that’s “biodegradable, non-toxic and environmentally safe!!”

To drive home this point, several customers tell Call for Action Lowry actually tasted the product in front of them.

“Yes he did…said it was so good for the environment and squirted it into his mouth,” Donna Weninger said.

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Diversified is also a janitorial and facilities maintenance services firm and the deal to acquire Rite Way is the first acquisition in its 14-year history. Financial terms of the deal were not released.

Rite Way now operates as a separate division of Diversified.

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With many municipalities now requiring sustainable cleaning and maintenance programs and many private facilities looking to do the same, the hardest part of “going green” is not usually getting buy-in from constituents and colleagues, but ensuring that the program put in place is truly “green.”

Guidelines used by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prevent deceptive advertising, which were recently revised specifically to address green marketing claims, can help do just that.

Long before green cleaning became an imperative for facility managers (fms), “greenwashing” was a caution. As demand for green cleaning products and services rose, so too did sustainability claims made by providers that often were at best “questionable.”

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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) -- An explosion rocked a Pompano Beach neighborhood after a company cleaning floors inside a home mixed various chemicals, causing an explosion and a small fire, Thursday morning.

Hazmat crews responded to the home at 249 S.E. 3rd Ave. after a small explosion followed by a fire sparked at the home around 9:30 a.m.

Pompano Beach Fire Rescue said a company was cleaning terrazzo floors at the home and mixed several chemicals that caused the explosion.

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ABM is a global company that specializes in janitorial services, parking and security. It earns $4 billion a year in revenue.

Yet, KIRO 7 discovered multiple investigations into the company for improperly paying workers.

While ABM calls itself a leader in the building maintenance industry, some former employees find faults.

“They take advantage of people they can,” said Dan Donathan. “If they can take advantage of them they do it.”

“I think the company is always trying to do what's going to save a dollar,” said Debi O’Brien.

O'Brien worked for ABM for 12 years.

She sums up ABM’s culture as “very hostile.”

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James Leavey, a Junkluggers franchise owner from Monroe, stands outside one of the company’s standard-sized trucks.
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As spring cleaning season approaches, workers at the junk removal company Junkluggers gear up their trucks in anticipation of their busiest time of year. 

Jim Leavey, Monroe resident and franchise owner of Junkluggers’ New Haven division, oversees a group of six “luggers” who will tackle more jobs than usual over the next couple of months. Armed with their signature lime-green box trucks, the luggers are prepared for projects of all sizes undefined from decluttering garages, attics and basements to total cleanouts of commercial properties.

“We take care of everything soup to nuts,” said Leavey. “We’ll clear out a space to broom-clean conditions, and we’ll get it done fast undefined a day or less.”

Leavey, who signed on to the Junkluggers team last July, can attest to the value of such a service.

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By Sam Kenyon
Nicole Myers, a housekeeper at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, shows off the cleaning robot.

A little, cylindrical robot, not unlike R2-D2 from “Star Wars,” is now in service at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, disinfecting areas with light. The Xenex robot, acquired by the hospital about six months ago, uses high intensity ultra-violet light to disrupt the function of infectious molecules.

The Xenex doesn’t use harsh chemicals to clean, and the light it pulses 450 times over its five minute cleaning periods. It is more effective on highly resistant infectious molecules than other products.

“The germs have, over time, developed kind of an immunity of sorts to most of our traditional cleaning techniques,” said Scott Nohavec, the facilities director for the hospital.

The Xenex defeats these resistant molecules by sending the UV light through cellular walls. That UV light causes the DNA of the organism to malfunction.

It’s a cutting edge technological improvement using robotics, the same field of study that has been growing rapidly in the Valley.

Three previous stories published in this paper have explored the expanding world of robots, especially among youth across the Valley. 

More at source: Snow Valley Star

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