| One great way that you can separate yourself from | | | | being blown back into the air, and thus protect those |
| your competitors in your local market is by becoming | | | | that suffer from asthma and allergies. |
| an environmentally friendly or 'green' cleaning business. | | | | Learn some more about the US Green Building |
| Many customers are looking to support business's | | | | Councils LEED (leadership in environmental design) |
| that offer their services in a way that has a neutral | | | | standards for new and existing buildings. To become |
| or positive effect on the environment. Some of | | | | LEED certified, buildings must be serviced by 'green' |
| these customers have genuinely good intentions while | | | | janitorial practices.The opportunities here for cleaners, |
| others are into the idea as it is trendy and modern | | | | particularly in the commercial and office market are |
| and they want to be seen by others to be doing | | | | extremely promising. |
| their part. Either way this growing section of the | | | | The key to promoting a 'green' cleaning service is to |
| market is well worth targeting and you can often get | | | | promote the 'green' factor heavily in your advertising. |
| away with charging a premium for your services as | | | | Have the 'green' cleaner theme splashed over your |
| well as feel good that what you are doing is having a | | | | vehicle so that your customers can be proud to have |
| positive impact. | | | | you parked outside their property. |
| The cleaning business involves the use of a lot of | | | | When bidding on contracts highlight the environmental |
| products that typically contain a lot of chemicals that | | | | dangers of most conventional products. Without |
| are sometimes toxic to the natural environment and | | | | intimidating prospects remind them that many larger |
| sometimes even to people and animals.Modern | | | | companies are coming under the consumer radar |
| cleaners should be starting to familiarize themselves | | | | these days for their impact on the environment. Now |
| with some of the new environmentally friendly, | | | | would be a great time for them to go 'green' in at |
| biodegradable brands of cleaning product.It is even | | | | least some aspects of their business. |
| possible to make a variety of natural cleaning | | | | Lastly you shouldn't forget that by adopting green |
| products yourself using common ingredients such as | | | | practices you are protecting not only the health of |
| salt, lemon juice, corn starch and vinegar and there | | | | the environment and your customers but also the |
| are numerous recipes available on the Internet. | | | | health of yourself and your fellow cleaners. Starting |
| Some 'green' cleaners are starting to use HEPA | | | | an environmentally friendly cleaning company is a |
| Vacuum cleaners, which prevent dust particles from | | | | smart move all round. |