What does pollution look like?
Posted In : PollutionAs a customer, you are paying your janitorial service provider to clean your building. But more often than not, more polluting is taking place than cleaning.
So how do you know if your building is being polluted? Even without scientific testing (like collecting air and surface samples), there are many signs that can point to a problem. There can be complaints from employees: allergies, headaches, skin irritations; there can be environmental signs: odors, humidity, temperature; and of course there will be visual signs.
Here is a classic example of “Ring around the building.” You can usually find this in your restrooms, but also in any room with hard floors that are mopped. It is the result of janitors using dirty string mops on your floors. The dirt that has been collecting on the mop is deposited onto the lower two to three inches of the wall and a dark ring is left on the tiles. Also, take a look at the grout lines. At one time, they were a light brown in color on both the floors and the walls. The same mop that is discoloring the walls has discolored the grout lines on both the walls and the floor.
This does not happen overnight; it takes months and months of repeatedly pushing dirt around the floor and the walls for these effects to be seen. This is, however, a prime example of how many janitorial companies clean and leave you, the customer, with a dirty building instead of a clean one. In addition to paying for this pollution, you will now need to pay again to have the surfaces restored to their proper conditions.
Eat My Dust only uses methods that remove dirt from your building - not push them around and leave them on the wall.
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