Epa Carpet Cleaning Recommendations

Use an epa approved disinfectant against covid 19 and read the label to make sure it meets your needs.

Epa carpet cleaning recommendations.

Soft and porous materials like carpet are generally not as easy to disinfect as hard and non porous surfaces. Industry recommended standards for carpet installation cri 104 for commercial carpet and cri 105 for residential carpet are available from the carpet and rug cri website. Who should do the cleanup depends on a number of factors. If the moldy area is less than about 10 square feet less than roughly a 3 ft.

Patch in most cases you can handle the job yourself follow the mold cleanup tips and techniques however. Epa has listed a limited number of products approved for disinfection for use on soft and porous materials. The full list of recommendations is also available as a pdf updated january 2020 inclusion in the recommendations is not an endorsement by epa of the standards ecolabels or of any of the products conformant to these standards ecolabels but rather a statement that the standard ecolabel meets epa s guidelines. Use the appropriate cleaning or disinfectant product.

Make sure that you select a carpet suitable for the routine cleaning and maintenance procedures in the area where it will be used. The label will include safety information and application instructions. One consideration is the size of the mold problem. Cleaning and treatment with an epa registered biocide are possible.

After cleaning disinfect with an appropriate epa registered disinfectant on list n. It offers a brief description of the impact carpet cleaning wastes have on the environment as well as advice on how to comply with the relevant legislation. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a non federal website. Once fiberglass duct liner is contaminated with mold cleaning is not sufficient to prevent re growth and there are no epa registered biocides for the treatment of porous duct materials.

Carpet and upholstery cleaning wastewater disposal updated january 2004 epa 214 04. Are you cleaning or disinfecting a soft and porous material or items like carpet rugs or seating in areas. Disinfectants for use against sars cov 2 external icon. This guideline replaces the earlier guideline epa 214 03 carpet and upholstery cleaning wastewater.

Linking to a non federal website does not constitute an endorsement by cdc or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website. Clean visibly dirty surfaces with soap and water prior to disinfection. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the cdc website. A number of carpet cleaning companies have been under the incorrect impression that epa issued official carpet cleaning recommendations in a 1989 letter from the then deputy director of epa s environmental criteria and assessment office in epa s office of research and development.