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  • 17 Nov 2010 6:51 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The GEELA was presented to Earth Friendly Products CEO, Van Vlahakis, by Governor Schwarzenegger yesterday, November 15, 2010. At the ceremony, held in Sacramento, Earth Friendly Products was hailed for its Garden Grove facility, which, after a thorough revamp with the help of a LEED-certified architect, is hoping to produce 0% waste by 2011.

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  • 17 Nov 2010 6:44 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Overall, vacuuming alone reduced microbes by 78 percent, UV-C light alone produced a 60 percent reduction in microbes, and the combination of beater-bar vacuuming and UV-C light reduced microbes on the carpet surfaces by 87 percent. When looking at the microbe quantities, the researchers found that, on average, vacuuming alone removed 7.3 colony-forming units of microbes per contact plate and the UV-C light removed 6.6 colony-forming units per plate. The combination of UV-C light and vacuuming yielded the largest reduction in colony-forming units: 13 per plate.

     

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  • 17 Nov 2010 6:38 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    There's a new wave of incredibly effective activism sweeping the nation. Maybe you've heard of them--they're called green cleaning parties. Yep, you read that right: parties that promote activism by bringing women together to make nontoxic cleaners from safe ingredients like vinegar and baking soda.

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  • 17 Nov 2010 6:34 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Tempest started her company in 2005, a year after she ended her 14-year career as a cocktail server at the old Sands Casino Hotel. She said she was earning $700 to $1,000 per week at the Sands, but the rigors of hustling tips from gamblers simply became too much for her as she entered middle age.

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  • 16 Nov 2010 6:00 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Barney Bosse was named President of Ransohoff effective December 1, 2010. Mr. Bosse will be responsible for all operations at the Cincinnati, Ohio location. He will report directly to Jim McEachen, CEO of Cleaning Technologies Group, LLC


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  • 16 Nov 2010 5:58 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Many places have bedbugs, including some hotels and homes in North Carolina. Still, most people don't think they could ever get bedbugs in their homes.

    "I used to say to my son, ‘Sweet dreams, good night, don't let the bedbugs bite.’ I never meant it,” said one woman, who asked that her identity not be revealed. “I didn’t know they were real.”

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  • 16 Nov 2010 5:57 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    A businessman contracted to clean provincial government hospitals - and who is accused of making fraudulent claims for work he did not do - did a quick electronic transfer of some of the money as soon as he was confronted with documentary evidence of his alleged crime.

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  • 16 Nov 2010 5:49 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Leading cleaning and sanitation products company Ecolab Inc (ECL - Analyst Report) continues with its acquisition spree. It has agreed to acquire Virginia-based privately-held O.R. Solutions for $260 million in cash. The completion of the transaction is contingent upon regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions

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  • 16 Nov 2010 5:46 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Five years ago, Myrick emerged from a 37-day treatment program with the Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Palo Alto Healthcare system ready to make another fresh start. He began volunteering with the Palo Alto Downtown Streets Team (DST), an organization established in 2005 to clean up the city’s dirty streets and simultaneously provide jobs for the homeless.

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  • 16 Nov 2010 5:43 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Building Maintenance, a division of Universal Services of America and one of fastest growing all-green janitorial services companies in the U.S., is excited to announce that they have acquired Service Link Commercial, LLC in Phoenix, Arizona. Service Link Commercial has one of the best reputations in the janitorial industry within Arizona and is considered the premier provider of janitorial and cleaning services within the commercial office building marketplace.

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