Floor Maintenance Chemicals

Green purchasing guidance for floor maintenance chemicals, including:

Required specifications

Purchasers must include these specifications, unless not possible:

EO 20-01: State Efficiency and Environmental Performance (SEEP) states that “reducing…the use of dangerous toxics in the products state agencies purchase will all have a direct positive effect on human health, particularly for vulnerable children.” It further states, “When making purchasing, construction, leasing, and other decisions that affect state government’s emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) or other toxic substances, agencies shall explicitly consider the benefits and costs (including the social costs of carbon) of available options to avoid those emissions. Where cost-effective and workable solutions are available that will reduce or eliminate emissions, decision makers shall select the lower-emissions options.”
Accordingly, all floor maintenance chemicals must have at least one of the following third-party certifications:
- Green Seal, Safer Choice, UL ECOLOGO

Purchasers should include these specifications, unless not possible:

Floor maintenance products that also do not contain any asthmagens such as ammonia, styrene or ethanolamine are preferred.
- List of asthmagens identified by the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC)

These laws, rules, and executive orders must be included in the contract language:

Find products that meet Washington’s green purchasing specifications:

Use surplus disposal to get rid of items you no longer need. Keep materials out of landfills and make funds for your agency.

Hazardous waste disposal guidelines and options: