Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 1782

  • Cleaning product: means an institutional compound intended for routine cleaning, including general purpose cleaners, bathroom cleaners, glass cleaners, carpet cleaners, floor care products, and hand soaps. See
  • Department: means the Department of Health. See
  • Distributor: means any person or entity that distributes cleaning products commercially, but excludes retail stores. See
  • Green cleaning: means a practice that includes:

  • Independent third party: means a nationally recognized organization that has developed a program for the purpose of certifying environmentally preferable cleaning products. See
  • Manufacturer: means any person or entity engaged in the process of manufacturing cleaning products for commercial distribution. See
  • Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See
  • School: means :

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 1782. Environmentally preferable cleaning products

(a) A distributor or manufacturer of cleaning products shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute to a school, school district, supervisory union, or procurement consortium only:

(1) environmentally preferable cleaning products utilized by the Department of Buildings and General Services under State contracts; or

(2) cleaning products certified as environmentally preferable by an independent third party.

(b) A person who contracts with a school, school district, or supervisory union to provide cleaning services for a school only shall use a cleaning product that meets the requirements of subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to regulate the sale, use, or distribution of antimicrobial pesticides.

(d) A distributor or manufacturer of cleaning products shall provide a green cleaning training to each school district it provides with environmentally preferable cleaning products, provided the training is incurred at no cost to the school district. (Added 2011, No. 68 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a.)