PROCYON products are now Green Seal PROCYON products are now
Certified! CRI Approved!
Certified products include: Approved products include:
PROCYON Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner; PROCYON Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner
Tile, Grout, and Stone Cleaner; and Spot & Stain Remover.
and Multi-Purpose Cleaner.
What is the Carpet and Rug Institute?
Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, the Carpet and Rug Institute
(CRI) is the national trade association representing carpet and rug
manufacturers and suppliers of raw materials and services to the
industry.
CRI members account for more than 90 percent of all carpet
produced in the United States. CRI is the leading source for
science-based information and insight on how carpet and rugs
What is Green Seal?
create a better environment indoors. CRI鈥檚 mission is to provide
Founded in 1989, Green Seal is an independent non-profit
the carpet industry, its customers and the public with facts that
organization dedicated to safeguarding the environment and
enable informed flooring choices. CRI offers considerable
transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture,
information about carpet selection, installation, and care and
purchase, and use of environmentally responsible products and
cleaning to consumers and commercial and institutional users at
services.
carpet-rug.org
What is Green Seal's mission?
What is the Seal of Approval Program?
Green Seal's mission is to achieve a more sustainable world by
The CRI Seal of Approval program tests the effectiveness of carpet
promoting environmentally responsible production, purchasing,
cleaning products and certifies those products that remove
and products.
difficult stains or a sufficient amount of soil without damage to
the carpet.
What is Green Seal Certification?
Not all products clean well enough to earn this distinction; the
Green Seal Certification ensures that a product meets rigorous,
blue and green CRI Seal of Approval helps customers recognize
science-based environmental leadership standards. This gives
that they are buying quality products.
manufacturers the assurance to back up their claims and
purchasers confidence that certified products are better for human
Why is the Seal of Approval program necessary?
health and the environment.
Not all cleaning equipment and solutions achieve the same
results. Independent testing has shown that various cleaning
Where does Green Seal get its authority to set standards and
detergents and spot removers clean no better than water. More
certify products and services?
seriously, they can leave a sticky residue that attracts soil at a
Green Seal operates under the international guidelines for
environmental labeling programs, ISO 14020 and 14024, set by the faster rate. Also, the equipment used to clean carpet varies widely
International Organization for Standardization. Green Seal is also in its ability to remove soil, recover water and maintain a carpet鈥檚
a founding member of the Global Ecolabeling Network, which has appearance.
criteria for membership. Green Seal standards have been
What should a customer know about the Seal of Approval?
recognized and used by the United States Federal Government,
Effective carpet cleaning helps maintain the life and beauty of the
many State governments, and other important entities.
carpet. This means customers get more enjoyment out of their
carpet 鈥? and more value for their investment. Customers should
How big is Green Seal?
know that some large carpet companies have announced they will
Green Seal consists of a core professional staff supplemented by
require the use of Seal of Approval products as part of their carpet
additional experts who provide assistance in auditing and
specialized research. Green Seal has a long-term relationship with warranties in 2007. Also, helping carpet maintain its life-cycle cuts
down on its premature removal to landfills. And that benefits
the University of Tennessee's Center for Clean Products and
everyone.
Clean Technologies, which provides some of the research on
which Green Seal standards are based.
What else should people know about carpet cleaning?
Today鈥檚 carpets are more stain resistant and durable than ever,
making them relatively easy to clean and maintain. However,
maintaining the life and beauty of carpet depends on several
factors: the quality of products and equipment used to clean
carpets; the frequency carpets are cleaned; and the skill and
knowledge of people doing the cleaning.
Information taken from Green Seal web site: www.greenseal.org Information taken from CRI web site: www.carpet-rug.org
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