Green Cleaning
Certifications & Products Lehigh Valley PA

EPA Safer Choice is a program run by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. To earn the Safer Choice label, EPA scientists must review and approve every single ingredient in a product, including fragrance components, for safety to human health and the environment.

This is not a self-reported certification. It is not a marketing badge a company designs for itself. It is a rigorous federal standard that evaluates ingredients for aquatic toxicity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, skin sensitization, and environmental persistence. Products that pass carry the blue and green EPA Safer Choice seal on their label.

At Angst Cleaning, our EPA Safer Choice certified products include Seventh Generation All Purpose Cleaner and Seventh Generation Toilet Bowl Cleaner. The EPA has verified both and confirmed them safe for people, pets, and the environment.

What this means for your business: when you see EPA Safer Choice on a product label, you can be confident a federal agency independently reviewed every ingredient, not just the manufacturer claiming it’s safe.

What is USDA Certified Biobased?

The USDA Certified Biobased Product label is a certification from the United States Department of Agriculture. It confirms a product’s ingredients come from renewable biological sources, such as plants, animals, marine materials, or forestry materials, rather than petroleum-based chemicals.

A product labeled USDA Certified Biobased 100% means every ingredient comes from a biological source. This matters because petroleum-based cleaning chemicals are a significant source of indoor air pollutants and contribute to environmental contamination during manufacturing and disposal.

Our Seventh Generation disinfecting products carry the USDA Certified Biobased 100% designation, meaning the active ingredients come entirely from plant sources, not petroleum.

What are VOCs
and Why Do They Matter?

VOC stands for volatile organic compound. These are chemicals that evaporate at room temperature and enter the air as gases. Many conventional cleaning products release VOCs during and after application. That means the chemicals your cleaning crew uses at 10pm are still circulating through your building’s ventilation system when your employees arrive at 8am.

Common VOCs in conventional cleaners include formaldehyde, benzene, ammonia, and chlorine compounds. Repeated VOC exposure can cause headaches, respiratory irritation, and eye and throat discomfort, with more serious health effects possible after long-term exposure.

Green cleaning eliminates VOC exposure. Our plant-based products contain zero VOCs. What enters your facility is a botanical cleaning solution derived from plant ingredients. What remains after service is a clean, healthy environment with no chemical smell, no residue, no waiting period before your team returns to work.

What is a Plant-Based Disinfectant?

Most commercial disinfectants use quaternary ammonium compounds (“quats”) or bleach-based formulas as their active disinfecting ingredient. Both are effective but both carry significant downsides: skin and respiratory irritation, surface corrosion over time, and environmental persistence after they enter the water system.

Plant-based disinfectants use naturally derived active ingredients instead. Our EPA registered botanical disinfectants use Thymol as the active ingredient, a compound derived from thyme oil. People have used it as a natural antimicrobial for centuries, and modern science now validates it against a broad spectrum of pathogens.

Our plant-based botanical disinfectant, EPA registered and on EPA List N, the official list of disinfectants approved against SARS-CoV-2, kills:

What is EPA List N?

EPA List N is the official list maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of disinfectants that meet EPA’s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The EPA tests and verifies every product on that list as effective against the coronavirus. Not every green or plant-based product makes it. Ours does, making it one of the few plant-based disinfectants in the country carrying both a natural, botanical formula and the EPA’s highest disinfection verification for COVID-19.

Not every green or plant-based product makes EPA List N. Our botanical disinfectant does, making it one of the few plant-based disinfectants in the country that carries both the botanical/natural positioning AND the EPA’s highest disinfection verification for COVID-19.

What is Green Electrostatic Disinfection?

Electrostatic disinfection is a technology that applies disinfectant solution through a sprayer that gives the particles a positive electrical charge. Those charged particles are naturally attracted to surfaces. They wrap around and cling to everything they contact, including the backs of chairs, undersides of desks, and hard-to-reach corners that a standard spray-and-wipe cannot cover.

Conventional electrostatic disinfection uses harsh chemical disinfectants, often bleach-based or quat-based formulas. Green electrostatic disinfection uses our EPA registered botanical disinfectant instead, delivering the same complete, even coverage with zero bleach, zero VOCs, and zero harsh chemicals.

The result is the most thorough disinfection available, with the cleanest, safest chemistry available. This service is particularly valuable for medical offices, dental practices, professional offices, and any high-traffic space where both coverage and chemical safety matter.

Yellow Microfiber

Restrooms Only

Green Microfiber

Kitchen and Break Room Areas Only

Blue Microfiber

General Office Surfaces, Desks, and Workspaces

What is Chemical-Free Steam Cleaning?

High-pressure steam cleaning uses water heated to boiling point and pressurized into steam that is directed precisely at surfaces. The combination of heat and pressure kills bacteria, pathogens, mold, and mildew and loosens stubborn buildup, without a single cleaning chemical of any kind.

Steam cleaning produces zero VOCs, zero chemical residue, and zero environmental impact beyond water and heat. It is the most purely green cleaning technology available and an essential part of our green cleaning program for restrooms, kitchens, machinery, and high-bacteria areas throughout your facility.