Search
Results (1376)
2025 ACI Convention Set for Jan. 27-31, Orlando, FL
Abstract Deadline for ACI Members: September 13
The ACI Innovation Showcase, taking place during the 2025 ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention, provides a stage for companies to showcase their cutting-edge and creative new ideas and chemistries to leading cleaning product supply chain representatives. This is a must-attend event at the ACI Convention, which brings together key decision makers from across the…
Q: Is it okay to wash and re-use disposable dishes and utensils? We do a lot of casual entertaining and it seems wasteful to keep buying new.
A: As long as they are washed in hot water with soap, there’s certainly no reason you can’t re-use most disposable plastic dishes and cutlery. Exceptions to reusing disposable tableware include paper, foam or the newer bamboo disposable items. Why? They are too porous and manufacturers don’t use any sort of sealant on them. Plastic cutlery can be washed…
Cleaning Product Supply Chain Experts Discuss Industry Priorities Feb. 2
Panelists Include Representatives from P&G, SC Johnson, Henkel, Milliken, Plastipak
2022 ACI Convention, January 31-February 5 in Orlando, FL
Policy and packaging experts from across the cleaning product supply chain will address two key industry priorities – ingredient communication and sustainable packaging – during the ACI Convention Issues Briefing February 2 in Orlando,…
2026 ACI Convention Set for February 2-6, 2026, Orlando, FLAbstract Deadline for ACI Members: September 19The ACI Innovation Showcase, taking place during the 2026 ACI Annual Meeting & Industry Convention, provides a stage for companies to showcase their cutting-edge and creative new ideas and chemistries to leading cleaning product supply chain representatives. This is a must-attend event at the ACI Convention, which brings together key decision makers from across the…
Be the Brand’s Madeline Fetterly to Speak at 2024 Convention Session Feb. 1
ACI Convention Set for Jan. 29-Feb. 2, Orlando, FL
Join ACI’s Future Leaders Group as they host a forward looking, interactive session with Madeline Fetterly, CEO & Founder, Be the Brand during the 2024 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Industry Convention.
The Be the Brand session will take place February 1 during ACI’s Convention Week, January 29-February 2, 2024, at Grande Lakes Orlando…
ACI Distinguished Paper Award Presented at AOCS Annual Meeting
Research that could help improve micelle sizing and partitioning studies using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has been recognized as the best paper published in 2020 in the Journal of Surfactants & Detergents.
The authors were recognized during the 2021 American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) Annual Meeting, held virtually May 3-14.
The Distinguished Paper Award is an annual honor presented by the American …
House hearing spotlights national standards for recycling labels and recycled-content claims.PACK Act and RMAA would reduce compliance conflicts across state lines.ACI says clear federal rules will strengthen consumer trust and packaging innovation.The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) urged Congress to advance federal packaging legislation that would replace a growing patchwork of state rules with clearer national standards for environmental marketing claims and recycled-…
What is soap and how does it work?
The sudsy stuff we use every day of our lives is a mystery to most of us. But behind our cleaning products is an array of scientific data and information. This science and chemistry helps to ensure our products work and are safe for you and your family to use. The resources below will walk through what it means to be clean and how the cleaning process works. For more information and activities, we encourage…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), keeping hands clean through improved hand hygiene is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others.Because cleaning matters, handwashing in schools has been a priority since 1926 where we focus on behavior, cleaning supplies and education. In September 2011, ACI conducted an online survey of parents and children where …
This free webinar will be hosted the ACI and the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS).
The event features Kathleen Stanton, ACI Associate Vice President of Technical & International Affairs and fellow co-authors of the Journal of Surfactants and Detergents paper, “Precise Measurement of 1,4-Dioxane Concentration in Cleaning Products: A Review of the Current State-of-the-Art,”. The presentation will outline the group’s research on methodologies used to quantify 1,…