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Pasadena Laundry Recertified for Clean Green
Pasadena Laundry Recertified for Clean Green
08.06.2018

Pasadena Laundry Recertified for Clean Green

California Linen Services of Pasadena, Calif. has been recertified Clean Green, reflecting the company’s dedication to standards for operational efficiency and sustainability. The certification quantifies linen, uniform and facility services’ environmentally friendly performance by confirming an operation launders within TRSA-designated water and energy use thresholds; and verifies use of best management practices (BMPs) in line with the ASTM International environmental laundering standard.
 
California Linen Service’s customers can be assured their reusable healthcare textiles are washed, dried and finished with processes that maximize sustainability and reduce greenhouse emissions. Clean Green certified operations demonstrate significant commitment to conservation and green operations through these BMPs:

California Linen Services of Pasadena, Calif. has been recertified Clean Green, reflecting the company’s dedication to standards for operational efficiency and sustainability. The certification quantifies linen, uniform and facility services’ environmentally friendly performance by confirming an operation launders within TRSA-designated water and energy use thresholds; and verifies use of best management practices (BMPs) in line with the ASTM International environmental laundering standard.
 
California Linen Service’s customers can be assured their reusable healthcare textiles are washed, dried and finished with processes that maximize sustainability and reduce greenhouse emissions. Clean Green certified operations demonstrate significant commitment to conservation and green operations through these BMPs:

  • Recovering heat from drained hot water and heat dispersed from the process of warming water
  • Recapturing drained water from rinses for reuse
  • Using environmentally friendly detergents
  • Removing solids and liquids from wastewater
  • Solar energy and energy-efficient lighting
  • Recycling programs
  • Re-routing trucks to save vehicle fuel
  • Spill prevention plans

California Linen Service earned the Clean Green certification initially in 2015. The designation is valid for three years at a time. TRSA inspects laundry facilities seeking certification and approves documentation of their water and energy use and BMP deployment through production reports they submit to auditors during the inspections. TRSA’s certification management protocol includes auditor training by the association’s inspection program administrator.
Clean Green aligns with the ASTM International standard, Guide for Sustainable Laundry Practices, which recognizes key criteria for the certification as universal indicators of maximum sustainability in commercial laundry work. ASTM’s review of TRSA BMPs verified these as the most effective and practical techniques for a laundry to achieve green objectives.
TRSA members prompted development of the standard, which was vetted in the sustainability subcommittee of the ASTM Committee on Textiles. Top technical experts, scientists and environmental professionals from outside the linen, uniform and facility services industry reviewed the BMPs. ASTM is the global leader in developing and delivering voluntary consensus standards unparalleled in building consumer confidence in product and service quality.
 
“I applaud California Linen Services for their ongoing sustainability efforts and maintaining the highest standards in their production and delivery operations,” said Joseph Ricci, TRSA president and CEO. “Meeting all the criteria for certification is not easy, but the company is committed to industry-leading processes and technologies.”

 

Linen, Uniform and Facility Services Customers Credited for Environmental Friendliness
13.04.2018

Linen, Uniform and Facility Services Customers Credited for Environmental Friendliness

  • Clean Green Certified Companies Commemorate Earth Day 2018

U.S. Clean Green certified laundries are marking Earth Day 2018 (April 22) by commending the 250,000+ businesses across the nation that use such certified operations for linen, uniform and facility services.

Selecting a Clean Green certified company reflects concern for maximizing sustainability in a business supply chain. Private- and public-sector organizations who choose such a provider are learning that how their reusable textiles are supplied, laundered and maintained is a factor in their environmental impact.
Clean Green operations use a third party (TRSA) to verify their conservation practices and quantify their compliance with water and energy use thresholds.

  • Clean Green Certified Companies Commemorate Earth Day 2018

U.S. Clean Green certified laundries are marking Earth Day 2018 (April 22) by commending the 250,000+ businesses across the nation that use such certified operations for linen, uniform and facility services.

Selecting a Clean Green certified company reflects concern for maximizing sustainability in a business supply chain. Private- and public-sector organizations who choose such a provider are learning that how their reusable textiles are supplied, laundered and maintained is a factor in their environmental impact.
Clean Green operations use a third party (TRSA) to verify their conservation practices and quantify their compliance with water and energy use thresholds.

Laundered, reusable linens, uniforms, towels, mats and other products provided by the linen, uniform and facility services industry to enhance businesses’ image and provide clean, safe environments for their employees and patrons. Most Americans benefit from the industry at least once per week, either at work or by patronizing restaurants, healthcare facilities, hotels and other retail and service establishments.

Nearly 50 of the industry’s companies are Clean Green certified, serving business customers from more than 150 locations combined nationwide. These launderers work with customers to connect the certification to their efforts to minimize their carbon footprint. Certified operators report to TRSA that customers and prospects ask them about green laundry initiatives. These include environmentally friendly wash chemistry, water reuse and recycling, recapturing heat from hot water headed down the drain and operating efficient delivery routes.

“They are far more likely to inquire about the sum of environmentally friendly practices as opposed to the parts,” observes TRSA President and CEO Joseph Ricci of the industry’s customers. Many document their justification of purchase decisions, though, such as government agencies that profile the winners of contract bids. “Clean Green companies bidding for their work mention the certification in their sales promotion and these profiles reflect it.”

Linen and uniform services conserve water and energy best by using high-capacity, high-efficiency equipment, he pointed out, controlling expenses and thereby aiding efforts to keep service pricing under control. “It is the perfect sustainable business model. Business interests and environmental concerns align. Improving efficiencies reduces costs and reduces the impact on the environment,” Ricci says.

Based on the U.S. Census of the industry’s sales and a TRSA survey of member financial data, the association estimates that nearly 3 million businesses use the industry’s services. Clean Green companies are challenged to capture more of these industry customers. Their collective Earth Day 2018 campaign gives them an opportunity to highlight the extent to which their individual efficiencies have contributed to a nationwide movement. Publicizing their own gains around Earth Day can better qualify and quantify their environmental virtues to encourage detailed comparison with competitors’ efficiencies, Ricci noted.

 

CCI Cotton USA (c) CCI Cotton USA
22.02.2018

Unterstützung der US-Baumwollindustrie für COTTON USA

22. Februar 2018 – Zehn amerikanische Baumwollorganisationen haben dem Cotton Council International (CCI), für das Jahr 2018 die Unterstützungder Industrie für COTTON USA Aktivitäten zur Steigerung der Nachfrage für USA Baumwolle zugesagt. CCI ist der Exportförderungsarm des National Cotton Council (NCC) mit Hauptsitz in Washington, D.C.

„Unsere Farmer sind überzeugt, dass die Unterstützung von CCI eine Investition in die Zukunft unserer Industrie und maßgeblich für unseren Erfolg ist”, sagte Steve Verett, Executive Vice President von Plains Cotton Growers.

„Die Arbeit, die CCI leistet, stellt sicher, dass auch der Rest der Welt weiß, warum USA-Baumwolle ein Superior-Produkt ist, dessen Verwendung sich bezahlt macht. Die Tatsache, dass 80% der amerikanischen Baumwolle exportiert wird, legt dar, wie entscheidend ein gesunder Exportmarkt für uns ist.”

22. Februar 2018 – Zehn amerikanische Baumwollorganisationen haben dem Cotton Council International (CCI), für das Jahr 2018 die Unterstützungder Industrie für COTTON USA Aktivitäten zur Steigerung der Nachfrage für USA Baumwolle zugesagt. CCI ist der Exportförderungsarm des National Cotton Council (NCC) mit Hauptsitz in Washington, D.C.

„Unsere Farmer sind überzeugt, dass die Unterstützung von CCI eine Investition in die Zukunft unserer Industrie und maßgeblich für unseren Erfolg ist”, sagte Steve Verett, Executive Vice President von Plains Cotton Growers.

„Die Arbeit, die CCI leistet, stellt sicher, dass auch der Rest der Welt weiß, warum USA-Baumwolle ein Superior-Produkt ist, dessen Verwendung sich bezahlt macht. Die Tatsache, dass 80% der amerikanischen Baumwolle exportiert wird, legt dar, wie entscheidend ein gesunder Exportmarkt für uns ist.”

Die finanzielle Unterstützung der US-Baumwollproduzenten hilft CCI bei der Erschließung von Exportmärkten für US-Baumwollfasern, Garne und andere Baumwollerzeugnisse und bildet eine unschätzbare Ergänzung zu den Mitteln des USDA (Landwirtschaftsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten) aus dem Foreign Agricultural Service Market Access (MAP) Programm und aus dem Foreign Market Development (FMD) Programm. CCI ist der größte Empfänger von MAPund FMD-Mitteln zur Promotion von USA Baumwolle außerhalb der USA. Infolge der finanziellen Unterstützung durch das USDA und die USBaumwollindustrie gelang es CCI, die Nachfrage nach US-Baumwollexporten effizient zu steigern und so die wirtschaftliche Rentabilität von 18.500 Baumwollfarmern in den Vereinigten Staaten zu verbessern.

Unter seiner Marke COTTON USA™ promotet CCI die USA-Baumwolle in über 50 Ländern. Allein im letzten Jahr organisierte CCI auf seinen Veranstaltungen zur Exportförderung von USA-Baumwolle über 2.100 Meetings zwischen Lieferanten und Einkäufern entlang der gesamten globalen Lieferkette.

„CCI demonstriert anhand der hohen Qualität von USA-Baumwolle, ihrer Nachhaltigkeit und Transparenz, ihrem Premium-Wert und ihrer Innovationsstärke – warum USA-Baumwolle, die Baumwolle ist, der die Welt vertraut”, sagt Bruce Atherley, Executive Director des CCI.

„Ich glaube fest daran, dass jede Industrie ein eigenes Interesse daran haben muss, erfolgreich zu sein. Die Unterstützung der US-Baumwollindustrie ist entscheidend, um USA-Baumwolle zur bevorzugten Faser für die verarbeitende Vorstufe, für Hersteller, Marken, Einzelhändler und Verbraucher weltweit zu machen.“

Exportmärkte sind für die US-Baumwolle von entscheidender Bedeutung, da fast die gesamte in den Vereinigten Staaten angebaute Baumwolle entweder als Faser oder als Baumwollgarn exportiert wird. Die USA sind derzeit die weltweit führende Exportnation von Baumwollfasern mit 39% Weltmarktanteil, über drei Mal so viel wie jedes andere Anbauland. Im Geschäftsjahr 2016 führten USBaumwollproduzenten 18,4 Mio. Ballen Rohbaumwollfaser und Baumwolltextilien aus. 2016 war mit 14,9 Mio. Baumwollballen das zweitstärkste Jahr für USRohfaserexporte.