Filmop Microfiber System Helps School District Save Thousands, Win Green Cleaning Award

    CONROE, TX, December 01, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- There is only one winner for the American School & University's Green Cleaning Award for Best New Program 2010 -- and that winner is Columbia Public Schools in Columbia, Mo. headed up by Michael Jones, assistant director of custodial services. The district won this award by embracing a comprehensive "go green" program that included changing to green cleaning products, paper, microfiber, and new green maintenance initiatives.

The new floor maintenance program included switching from a more traditional floor maintenance program to Filmop USA's microfiber floor maintenance system.

The district's new floor program incorporated several of Filmop's systems for floor maintenance and cleaning of flat surfaces. "We started transforming the floor maintenance program beginning with the district's dust mopping," notes Dave Thompson, who guided the district through various green cleaning options. Thompson is the president of Green Clean Institute, which provides adult education for green custodial services throughout the world and is based in Rolla, Missouri.

The district replaced the use of cotton dust mops and mop oil with Filmop microfiber dust mops in sizes from the 24" flat mop to the super-sized, adjustable 72" V-sweep. The time it took to dust mop classrooms was significantly decreased with the new system, as Filmop's quality microfiber clearly outperformed other products. Hallways were finished in a fraction of the time with the oversized 72-inch equipment.

The district changed its damp mopping system by replacing the traditional string mop and single bucket with Filmop's Fred double-bucket system and the unique Spin 'n Drop microfiber flat mop that collapses so it can be used with a wringer. The conversion to the Filmop system saved the district over $26,000 in the first three-years of implementation.

Prior to this change, the district spent $17,000 each year on the traditional system of string mops, handles, wringers, and buckets. Additionally, the Filmop system enabled the district to reduce its consumption of floor cleaning chemical by 35% as the new double-bucket system uses less chemical.

The district implemented a new approach to cleaning tabletops, desk, walls, and whiteboards with Filmop's Top-Down Microfiber System with 12" microfiber pads. The system uses just three quarts of cleaning solution to charge up to 15 pads, which can clean up to 4,000 square feet of flat surfaces.

The Filmop floor finish system enabled the district to decrease its consumption of floor finish by 20%. These savings were primarily accomplished by eliminating the string mops that absorbed the finish and hung onto it. The Filmop system also eliminated the problem of how dispose of leftover contaminated floor finish and finish-saturated string mops.

For details about Filmop's full line of microfiber systems, microfiber products, mops, buckets, and compartmentalized carts, visit www.filmopusa.com.

About Filmop USA
Filmop is a world leader in the research, development, and manufacturing of cleaning systems and products that deliver financial and performance solutions to the maintenance industry. Its line of products emphasizes microfiber mops and floor pads, microfiber cleaning cloths, buckets, and compartmentalized carts. Included in its line are the "long-looped" Rapido microfiber mop; the Top-Down Charging System; the Spin 'n Drop folding microfiber mop; and Total Mop bucketless mop.

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