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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), the trade association for the U.S. cleaning product supply chain, as a Safer Choice Partner of the Year.
EPA’s Safer Choice helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment.
Throughout 2022, ACI amplified Safer Choice’s messaging, featuring the program in member newsletters, ACI’s 2022 Sustainability Report…
The use of the terms "natural" and "synthetic" to describe cleaning products has led to some confusion among consumers. The best advice is to avoid making assumptions about safety or performance based on a "natural" label alone.
What do the terms "synthetic" and…
Clean the World Foundation distributes recycled soaps, hygiene products, provides much needed resources to communities in need
ACI, Shell Chemical raise $23,000
The 2021 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Virtual Summit Duck Fashion Show raised $23,000 to support Clean the World Foundation’s efforts to provide hygiene products to families in need.
As the Virtual Summit’s charity of choice, Clean the World is a leader in…
The next National Poison Prevention Week is March 14-20, 2027.The third full week of March every year is National Poison Prevention Week and a good time to raise awareness about poison prevention and safety measures. The United States Congress established National Poison Prevention Week in 1961 (P.L. 87-319). Shortly thereafter, the Poison Prevention Week Council was organized to coordinate this annual event and promote poison prevention. More than 50…
Our 2015 Sustainability Report showcases the cleaning products industry’s progress toward sustainable development and unveils the first-ever industry "materiality assessment," which maps out critical risk and opportunities facing its supply chain.
The materiality assessment, conducted by Framework LLC, identifies and characterizes those issues that are most material across ACI’s membership and to the industry at-large. Companies committed to…
No matter who you are and how many people you live with, a clean home just makes you feel good. Cleaning also helps to keep you healthy by removing dirt and reducing germs and allergens. Whether you are new to "adulting" or you grew up with Heloise, this webinar will include room-by-room cleaning tips just in time for the holidays.
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If you or your child have allergies or asthma, you already know that many things can bring on, or "trigger," an asthma flare or episode. Some things that trigger asthma attacks are called allergens. Some people get symptoms from only one allergen - like dust mites. For other people, more than one kind of allergen can trigger an episode.
Tobacco smoke is an asthma trigger. Avoid smoking in a home where a person with asthma lives.
The…
• ACI Distinguished Paper Award Presented at AOCS Annual Meeting
Research that could simplify how surfactants are used in recovering crude oil from oilfields and processing them in refineries has been recognized as the best paper published in 2018 in the Journal of Surfactants & Detergents.
Researchers from the FIRP laboratory at University of the Andes, Merida, Venezuela, authored the paper that was recognized at the 2019…
Students Will Explore the Science of Product Formulation April 7-8 in DC
ACI Booth Supports New STEM Website, Exploration Clean
Washington, DC, April 2, 2018 – A simple activity will demonstrate how chemistry is essential for creating consumer products – specifically liquid hand soaps – at the American Cleaning Institute’s (ACI) booth during the USA Science & Engineering Festival April 7-8 in Washington, D.C. …
ACI's 2018 Mid-Year Meeting took place at our headquarters in Washington DC from June 18th - 20th, giving 118 registrants a chance to network, discuss current trends in the cleaning products industry and strategize during meetings of our experts standing committees. This was followed by the Board of Directors meeting on June 21.
An opening presentation from Nathan Brown and Howard Sklamberg from Akin Grump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP walked members…