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What is the history of soap? And where did cleaning come from?
This history of soap is a long one, dating back thousands of years to Ancient Babylon. Humans have built on that knowledge to create the soaps and detergents we use to clean dishes, laundry, our homes and ourselves today.
Evidence has been found that ancient Babylonians understood soap making as early as 2800 BC Archeologists have found soap-like material in historic clay cylinders from…
Q. Can you safely dilute hand soap?A. No. For optimal safety, you should not dilute hand soap, unless it is a concentrated product intended to have water added for use. We’ve all been there: you go to wash your hands and realize you’re down to the last dregs of your liquid hand soap. You may be tempted to add water to the soap dispenser. But there’s a good reason not to.Liquid soap is made up of a precise combination of ingredients that work together…
Q. What are the moments and places where cleaning is most important?A. We clean for lots of reasons and health is certainly one of them, especially now. The good news is that you probably don’t need to pull the house apart for a full, deep clean (although you may still want to!). As we deal with a new normal when it comes to cleaning in the age of coronavirus, it’s more important than ever to focus your cleaning time on more frequent, specific cleaning tasks.…
To help you out, we’ve compiled some dos and don’ts of hand washing clothes.
Liquid Laundry Packets, Laundry Sheets, Microbial-Based Cleaners Should be Added to EPA Program, Says ACI
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) recommends new product categories be added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) potential expansion of their Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Programs.
The Safer Choice and DfE programs allow companies to get an agency-approved label if their products are proven to meet stringent health…
The American Cleaning Institute has been honored with two 2025 PRNEWS Digital Awards, highlighting the association’s innovative digital communications work.ACI’s Class of Clean: For College Cleaning Success and Beyond won in the NIL (Name/Image/Likeness) Campaign category, celebrating how the social media campaign leveraged student athletes as influencers. ACI’s Class of Clean arms college students with an arsenal of highly visual and informative resources,…
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) support a recent determination by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that certain consumer products containing the by-product 1,4-dioxane do not present an unreasonable risk of injury to human health or the environment.
On December 10, ACI and HCPA submitted comments and data to the EPA on 1,4-Dioxane; Supplemental Analysis to the Draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk…
ACI makes appeal to Pinterest to help promote safe liquid laundry packet storage: “Safety Over Style”
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Learn More About ACI’s Store Not Décor Efforts
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is urging popular social media platforms to help combat the spread of unsafe cleaning product storage trends that can put families at risk. ACI’s initial appeal is to Pinterest due to the large number of potentially hazardous laundry room home…