Cleaning products to help reduce your school’s environmental impact

From reducing plastic with refillable chemicals to improving the consumption and usage of your paper products – this blog will provide information on what products can help you become more environmentally friendly and create an impact on your school and the future of the planet.

Refillable cleaning products

Refillable cleaning products are an ideal solution to help eliminate single-use plastic and reduce on-site waste in schools. Refill your cleaning products time and time again with more sustainable cleaning options!

Refillable cleaning chemicals

There are ranges of refillable cleaning available that are quality tried and tested with proven performance germ-kill EN standards, never tested on animals, and manufactured in the UK – meaning they are not only efficient, but also environmentally friendly. There are a variety of refillable cleaning chemicals available including:

• Heavy duty hard surface cleaners
• Heavy duty degreasers
• Daily toiler cleaners
• Bacterial deodorisers

When it comes to refillable cleaning products, empty containers can be picked up from your school, refilled, and delivered back to you!

Refillable spray bottles

Spray bottles can be refilled and re-used for a range of different cleaning products, are ideal to reduce plastic consumption, and helps reduce usage by controlling the amount used. If spray bottles are screen-printed, with colour coded heads, it ensures they COSHH compliance and allows you to organise your cleaning products effectively.

Reduce usage with school paper products

Not all toilet tissue dispensers are made equal – by choosing the correct toilet roll and hand towel systems you can help reduce your costs, paper usage, and keep your bathrooms cleaner and tidier!

Sheet-by-sheet dispensing systems

Toilet paper and hand towel systems that use sheet-by-sheet dispensers reduce consumption and usage by decreasing the amount of tissue products required by each user. Compared to bulk pack toilet paper commonly used in schools, the right system can reduce usage up to 25%; and sheet-by-sheet hand towel systems can reduce usage by up to 25% compared to folded towel dispensers and 54% compared to centre-feed hand towel dispensers!

The Easy-Pull system not only reduces usage, but also improves hygiene compared to a bulk pack system. The dispenser protects the paper from contamination as the user can only touch the sheet they are pulling out for use.

Floor cleaning in schools

The school holidays are the perfect time to do a deep clean, especially for high traffic areas where the floors are under constant use from school shoes! Spruce up your school and protect the environment with refillable floor cleaning chemicals and eco-friendly vacuum cleaners.

Refillable floor cleaning

Similarly to the refillable cleaning chemicals, refillable floor cleaner can also be collected and refilled for you to reduce single-use plastic and help with your environmental efforts!

Choose an efficient, refillable cleaner to prolong the life of your floor finishes, including linoleum, PVC, rubber, sealed cork, sealed wood, terrazzo, and thermoplastic floors.

Vacuum cleaners ideal for schools

Eco vacuum cleaners can be made from up to 75% recycled plastic to reduce environmental impact and are designed with high efficiency, high performance, long-life motors to achieve up to 30% reduction in energy consumption.

Our floor cleaning solutions are both eco-friendly and highly efficient, making them perfect for your school holiday deep cleans. Summers out, mops out!

Help set a positive example for your students, teaching them about the impact of their choices on the planet, and get ahead of the curve by demonstrating your commitment to sustainability as it becomes increasingly prevalent for parents, teachers, and students alike.

Forward Products are here to help empower you to make decisions that improve the future of your school and our planet, whilst keeping your classrooms squeaky clean! If you’d like to find out more about how we can help you reduce your environmental impact and reduce consumption in your school, get in touch with our experts today!