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PROVEN … … Solutions … Competitive in Performance & Price … More Environmentally Sound … Safer for People. » G o o d » C l e a n » P r o v e n. OUTLINE. Proven Solutions: Testimonials Some of our Major Customers Enviro-Solutions: Who We Are Mission Statement Goal
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OUTLINE • Proven Solutions: • Testimonials • Some of our Major Customers • Enviro-Solutions: • Who We Are • Mission Statement • Goal • Support Services • Proven Product High Performance: • Product Testing • Performance Testing
OUTLINE • Proven More Environmentally Sound • Criteria & Definitions • Proven Safer for People • Importance of Health and Safety • People are Safer Because • MSDS Format • Listing of Key Enviro-Solutions Products and Their Environment, Health and Safety Information • Listing of Common Hazardous Materials Chemicals • Product Offering • For Distributors – Why Distribute Enviro-Solutions
PROVEN SOLUTIONS Testimonial From End User: “…quality, effective and efficient products that are good for our students & teachers, our care taking staff and our environment. In addition, the price, service and value are second to none.” Robert Squires Manager, Custodial Services Trillium Lakelands District School
PROVEN SOLUTIONS Testimonials From Distributors: “Given the growing interest and demand in ‘green’ chemicals, we extensively reviewed the products available making claims that they are safer for people and the environment. We wanted products that would provide our customers with demonstrated value. We found a lot of products that could not be proven to be green and/or a lot of products that did not perform. After a thorough search, we concluded that Enviro-Solutions, with their broad product offering, their Eco-Logo Certification, their claims being independently third party verified, and most importantly, their products performing as well as or better than any major chemical products, will provide our customers with acclaimed value.” Ross Buzek President, Domclean
PROVEN SOLUTIONS Testimonials From Distributors: “…our Partnership with Enviro-Solutions has helped us grow tremendously our chemical business. Their specialty and niche products – such as conductive floor finish and freezer clean – as well as their full offering of janitorial products, not only helped us with the initial sales; their performance and benefits to people and the environment helped us develop stronger relationships with our customers.” John Ambler President, Swish Maintenance Limited USA
PROVEN SOLUTIONS Testimonials From Sales Representatives: “…if I can it up inone word, what Enviro has brought to us is “value”. Value to us by providing a competitive edge with innovative and high performance products, and through this, value to our customers by providing solutions to their ever growing concern for health, safety and environmental issues…” Andre Foisy Director of Business Development, Larose et Fils Ltee
PROVEN SOLUTIONS Testimonials From Sales Representatives: “…more and more companies are welcoming Environmental Products for their facilities regardless of the cost. The impact on the safety of their Employees and the Environment is more important. In these cases, Enviro-Solutions line of products are successful…” “…performance of the products are excellent considering their ingredients are deemed safe for the Environment and People. Disinfectants, floor cleaner, bowl cleaner as well as the degreaser that is used mainly as an all purpose cleaner, receive rave reviews for performance…” Tracey Caville wish Sales Representative Corporate Sales
McGill University Montreal Acadia University Wolfeville, Nova Scotia City of Brampton Brampton, Ontario British Columbia Building Corporation British Columbia Ontario Power Generation Ontario Royal Ottawa Hospital Ottawa National Institute of Health Bethesda 2 of the Largest Hospitals Quebec CN Railway Station & Headquarters Montreal Mitre Corp Boston – 1,000,000 sq. ft. Exxon – Mobil Washington, DC – 1,300,000 sq. ft. IBM Plants Fishkill, NY – over 7000 employees Burlington, VT – over 8000 employees Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Connecticut Nortel 2 Factories – 1 Office Complex in Quebec PROVEN SOLUTIONS Some of Our Major Customers:
ENVIRO-SOLUTIONS…WHO WE ARE… • Proven Solutions • Proven Product High Performance • Proven More Environmentally Sound • Proven Safer for People • Proven Competitive to the Major Brands
ENVIRO-SOLUTIONS…MISSION… Enviro-Solutions was established in 1994, with a very focused mission: To develop and market, through new technology, a superior line of cleaning solutions dedicated to providing significant relevant added value in terms of performance, safety, health and environmental benefits. To deliver proven safety, health and environmental benefits with no sacrifice to product performance and remaining competitive in price.
ENVIRO-SOLUTIONS…GOAL… Our goal is to offer environmentally and health and safety superior cleaning products that: • Will compete with conventional cleaning products on both performance and price • Are safer for both the user and the workplace environment • Will clean our world without harming Nature’s Balance
ENVIRO-SOLUTIONS…SUPPORT SERVICES… • Training • Written Procedures • Wall Charts (Multilingual – English, Spanish, French) • Excellent reminder and training tool for new hires and existing staff • Takes out excuses to “What to do and how to do it”
ENVIRO-SOLUTIONS…SUPPORT SERVICES… • Work with clients to determine where procedures and/or equipment can be utilized to improve cleaning and lower costs • Marketing Capability • Customized order forms, sales sheets, wall charts, etc. • Chemical Dispensers • Meat rooms • Sinks • High volume/high flow • Janitorial closets
ENVIRO-SOLUTIONS…SUPPORT SERVICES… • Manufacturing Capability • Products are made in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, under an exclusive proprietary licensing agreement • Research Capability • Internal chemists plus a strong relationship with leading chemical manufacturers • Develop new products and new concepts • Welcome input/suggestions, resulting in new products such as: • Aqueous concrete sealer • Freezer cleaner • Graffiti remover
ENVIRO-SOLUTIONS…SUPPORT SERVICES… • Troubleshooting/ Service • We are a “hands-on” company • When “stuff” happens and you need answers and/or support in a hurry, we will be there
PROVEN PRODUCT HIGH PERFORMANCE • Our products are researched, formulated and tested to perform at/above the levels of conventional formulas supplied by major companies as Johnson/Diversey, Butcher, Ecolab/Airkem, Spartan, Betco, Buckeye, etc, with no extra labor • We have high end-user acceptance and loyalty • We have very positive results for risk management and minimizing liability claims • Slip and Fall • Environmental Impact • Personal Injury
PROVEN PRODUCT HIGH PERFORMANCE Product Testing: • Floor Finishes, Sealers and Haze Away Winter Rinse are UL approved • Anti-Stat Finish tested by Electro-tech Systems • Disinfectants are both • EPA approved • Government of Canada certified • All core cleaners are Eco-Logo Environmental Choice Program/Environment Canada or Green Seal (US) Certified • Products have NATO approval. Approved for any NATO, American or Canadian base anywhere in the world
PROVEN PRODUCT HIGH PERFORMANCE Product Testing: • Carpet products are approved by Bell & Howell for robotic mail delivery • Carpet cleaning products are passed Dupont’s Stainmaster Test • A number of products have Canadian Department of Agriculture approval for food plants • Product Environmental Impact and Health and Safety Effect have been tested by recognized, third party labs
PROVEN PRODUCT HIGH PERFORMANCE Performance Testing: • With respect to product performance, some products are tested with outside labs and some products in our lab versus competitive products • Our floor finishes are tested with a leading polymer manufacturer versus leading competitive brands using blind tests • Applied finish is tested on floors in the field and measured for wear, recoat ability, gloss, etc. over time
PROVEN PRODUCT HIGH PERFORMANCE Performance Testing: • Our “Envirocide” Odor Eliminator is not petroleum based. Our “Envirocide” products are “clean” and “effective.” They have had significant approval acceptance where allergies and odors are a concern • Tested products in a large number of locations in different environments with potential customers in order to convert them into real customers • Minnesota, Massachusetts, Vermont & Department of Public Works (Canada) conducted performance and environmental impact testing in the field. To the best of our knowledge, no other chemical company has passed all four • Enviro-Solutions was built by providing performance and price competitiveness. We had to prove that we worked, often in a situation where we initially faced a very skeptical cleaning staff
PROVEN PRODUCT HIGH PERFORMANCE Our Products are being used across a wide range of organizations by people with bottom line responsibilities. This fact provides substantiated proof on our product’s proven performance. The following is a list of some of the organizations that use our products: • Oil companies • Prisons • Military bases • Computer/Software companies • Department stores • Supermarkets • Etc. • Schools/Education - Universities, Colleges, School Boards • Government - Cities, Towns, agencies, etc. • Hospitals • Utility companies • Facility management companies • Cleaning contractors • Automotive plants Included in this list are Fortune 500 companies; state, provincial, federal government offices; public service organizations; and leading service contractors, both small and large
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Biodegradability: • It is the decomposition of organic substances into carbon dioxide, water and other harmless substances. • Rapid biodegradation reduces impact on the environment and the food chain. Rapid biodegradation is the ratio of BOD over COD being 60% threshold in a 10 day window over a 28 day limit. • All our organic cleaning ingredients are readily biodegradable per OECD (Organization of Economic Development) Test 301 D at use dilution under load and simulated real life conditions as tested by Ortech, a Canadian government certified lab and research company. In addition, the dosage levels are at least equal to stand products thereby lessening the total burden on the environment.
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Toxicity: It is defined a being a chemical which has an LD50 of 50 milligrams (mg) or less of chemical per kilogram (kg) of body weight. The greater of LD50, the less toxic the product. (50 mg/kg is equal to a dosage of approximately ¾ of a teaspoon for the average adult and 1/8 of a teaspoon for the average two-year-old child.) (Note: Salt=LD50 of 3000; Baking Soda = LD50 of 4220; Vinegar = LD50 of 3000.) Our core products are considered essentially non-toxic (acute oral/dermal) according to WHMIS and OSHA regulations, for all but government approved disinfectants. Aquatic Toxicity: Our core cleaning products exceed acute toxicity standards for fish, daphnia magna and algae at use dilutions, thereby minimizing the impact on fish, wildlife, drinking water and swimming locations. This is very important to humans as it has a direct effect since it is the beginning of the food chain and a major source for drinking water. Aquatic toxicity at use should be greater than 100 mg/L.
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND All tests: Biodegradability, Toxicity and Aquatic Toxicity are conducted by independent labs. Hazardous Ingredients: Our products contain no carcinogens, mutagens, or teratogens. None of our cleaning products contain ingredients found on the US Department of Health’s “Hazardous Substances Fact Sheet,” SARA – 313-40 CFR 372 (Toxic Chemicals), Cercla – 102 – 40 CFR 302 (Hazardous Substances), RCRA – CFR 261 (Hazardous Air Pollutants), Clean Water Act – 313 –40 CFR 63 (Hazardous Water Pollutants), National Pollutant Release Inventory
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Surfactants: • The ones we use are carefully selected so as to have the least negative effect on the environment. We do not use NPE’s, APE’s, OPE’s, LAS (Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonates) or DSBA, common in many cleaners • Many cleaners claim ready biodegradability based on ingredient based testing. The review of detergents (surfactants) in the inland waters identified the most common surfactants used LAS (Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonates) a being present in significant amounts even though LAS is readily biodegradable • Many surfactants used in the common household and commercial cleaners are not normally tested for effluent discharge by municipal waste treatment plants even though they represent a significant percentage of surfactants entering waste treatment plants
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Surfactants: • In review of detergents (surfactants) in the inland waters the following conclusions were reached: • Environmental concentrations of surfactants in the inland waters around populated centers range between 0.005 mg/L and 2 mg/L • Surfactants can be toxic to aquatic life at concentrations as low as 0.025 mg/L • Surfactants have demonstrated effects on aquatic life at concentrations as low as 0.005 mg/L • Surfactants have demonstrated synergy with many chemical compounds and may interact with other more toxic pollutants to create mixtures of unknown toxicological properties • None of our cleaners use NPE’s, APE’s, OPE’s, LAS or DSBA. In general, we rely on chelating agents (such as sodium citrate) that do not encourage the purification of water
TO BE PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND • BUILDERS: • Must be carefully selected to biodegrade readily to compounds with low environmental • concerns and mild pH • For example: • Use - Sodium Citrate • - Silicates • - Zeolites • - Maleic Anhydride Derivatives (iminodisuccinate and polyaspartic acid) • Do Not Use - Inorganic phosphates • - Caustics (sodium metasilicate) • - NTA • - EDTA • - MEA
TO BE PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND • SOLVENTS: • Must be carefully selected to be low in toxicity to the environment and to humans • For example: • Use - Propylene Glycol Ethers • - Methyl Soyate • - Ethyle Lactate • Do Not Use - Ethylene Glycol • - Butyl Cellusolve • - D’Limonene
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Naturally Renewable Resources: Whenever possible, only naturally-based, renewable ingredients – such as grains, corn oils, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, sugar cane juice, glucoses and corn and soy based ethyl esters replacing petroleum based solvents – are used in our products. Traditional formulas are typically based on petroleum and non-renewable resources that have definite negative impact both when they are being manufactured, and again when they are released back into our atmosphere. In addition, they have negative effects on health
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Ozone Depleting Ingredients and Phosphates are not contained in any product!
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Packaging: • Subject to availability, our bottles and jugs are made from post- and pre-consumer regrind. Most labels are printed using vegetable inks or plastic, easy to remove sleeves. The cartons are made from recycled cardboard, both pre- and post- consumer • Where possible, products are concentrated, thereby reducing chemicals and packaging, consequently waste, while reducing use costs for end-users and transportation costs for distributors
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Endorsements: • Eco-Logo/Environment Choice Program (Environment Canada) ECP - 57 for the core Cleaners – 14 products • Green Seal (United States) – 5 products No other company has such a wide variety of products Certified by the leading Certification Bodies in North America.
December 20, 2002 Dell Tech Laboratories is a regulatory consulting firm that has been providing guidance to manufacturers and users of chemical products for over 22 years, with a focus on regulatory compliance, product safety and government registrations. Our services include product assessments, reviews and classification of products under the Hazardous Product Act, both for consumer and industrial workplace regulations. We are a Canadian General Standards Board certified testing laboratory under the requirements of ISO Guide 25. Our clients include small and medium size manufacturers in Canada and the United States as well as large multinational companies. With greater environmental concerns in today's world, many different standards and criteria have been developed. Green Seal Inc. and the Environmental Choice Program have issued two of the more popular standards. We have compared the Green Seal Industrial and Institutional Cleaners standard GS-37 to the Environmental Choice Industrial and Commercial Cleaners standard ECP-57 below:
In my expert opinion, GS 37 and ECP 57 are very similar with no material overall differences/impact regarding safety or protection for the environment. John Ott Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd. Senior Business Development Manager Jott@delltech.com (519) 858-5021 ext. 22040
PROVEN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND Conclusion: Our products have been independently proven to be more environmentally sound with respect to total burden/impact. We make a focused effort on ensuring our detergent residues that end up in the aquatic environment are minimized in quantity, toxicity and other harmful components and factors.
PROVEN SAFER FOR PEOPLE An important requirement for product selections should be HEALTH and SAFETY Products that are: • Safer for the users • Safer for the workplace environment • Obligation to employees, customers, patrons and visitors • Limit liability • Reduce absenteeism caused by illness related to work • Reduce costs related to accidents, workers safety and compensation
PROVEN SAFER FOR PEOPLE People Are Safer Because: • Our products contain no known or suspected • Carcinogens (cancer forming) • Mutagens (causes deformities) • Teratogens (causes reproductive embryo deformities) • None of our cleaning products contain ingredients on Regulatory Lists (SARA, CERCLA, CWA, NPRI) nor bleach • No products contain ingredients that are on the US Department of Health Hazardous/Substance Fact Sheet
PROVEN SAFER FOR PEOPLE People Are Safer Because: • No products cause serious skin irritation, respiratory problems or damage nasal membranes • Our core products are extremely mild to the skin which reduces the incidence of contact dermatitis, often associated with traditional detergents • All cleaning products are essentially non-toxic by WHMIS and OSHA standards. Toxicity can harm people by inhalation of the vapours, absorption through the skin, and through potential ingestion
PROVEN SAFER FOR PEOPLE People Are Safer Because: • All core products at use dilution are considered: • Non flammable • Non corrosive • Most products are not regulated by DOT/TDGA • No special storage requirements are necessary for most of our products
PROVEN SAFER FOR PEOPLE People Are Safer Because: • All products meet California standards for VOC levels • All products contain very low fragrance levels. We use a very effective “Envirocide” odor eliminator that is non-toxic, biodegradable, non-flammable, or uses no chlorine, hydrogen peroxide or other corrosive or dangerous chemicals • Disinfectants 64 & 256 are methicillin resistant (MRSA), hospital grade, effective against 32 bacteria including HIV and VRE, neutralize malodors, control mildew, and have neutral pHs
PROVEN SAFER FOR PEOPLE Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS): • The full 16 – point format is utilized so that you can get all the information you need to assess the health/safety/environment attributes. This includes: • Full disclosure on every ingredient in the formula. We do not just list the ingredients controlled by WHMIS and OSHA and/or being greater than 1% of the product • The individual ingredients, as well as total formula, LD50 information so you know complete toxicological information • Ecological information • Biodegradability • Aquatic toxicity • Complete environmental regulatory information • Compare what you find on our MSDS with the major competitors and you will see why we are leaders in this segment