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12/09/2019

Changes At Interserve Highlight 'Green' Credentials

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Construction company Interserve has cemented its position as an environmentally friendly business through a series of improvements.

The firm has made changes to its cleaning business, resulting in tens of thousands of bottles per year being saved from landfill.

The company's cleaners use roughly £17 million worth of products per year ensuring that clients' premises are in the best possible condition.
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Janet Park, director of cleaning, overhauled operations to dramatically improve efficiency, reduce costs and improve the firm's environmental impact. Two changes included installing dilution-controlled cleaning and cutting down on the variety of products used to create economies of scale.

Janet said: "We changed from a glug-glug approach in which our cleaners were using thousands of products from 1,800 different product lines to a rational approach using one system comprising four products."

The company has further reduced consumption by installing product dispensing systems ensuring each cleaner uses the correct quantity of product.

Janet added: "As is so often the case, moving to a rational, efficient process not only saves everyone money, but also has an extremely positive impact on the environment."

(CM/JG)

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