Economic Research: Rubbermaid Mop

Monday 10 December 2012

Rubbermaid Mop

Newell Rubbermaid has globally launched its Hygen(TM) Clean Water System from its Rubbermaid Commercial Products® (RCP) brand. The Rubbermaid Hygen Clean Water System is the only floor cleaning system to feature a unique water filter integrated into the mop bucket to generate clean water, resulting in a cleaner mop and floor. The integrated water filter improves cost-in-use and sustainability by reducing water and chemical usage and increasing worker productivity, saving a typical facility about $6,000 a year in labor costs.

With traditional mop buckets, maintenance staff must mop floors with water containing the dirt they are trying to remove--or else make frequent trips to a supply closet for fresh water. On average, it takes four minutes per trip in employee labor to swap dirty water for clean, which consumes valuable time and resources including water and cleaning product from a facility’s budget. With a tilt of the Rubbermaid Hygen Clean Water System’s filter bucket, dirty water passes from the mopping chamber through the back-flushable filter where particulates are removed and return to the chamber allowing users to continue mopping with clean water throughout the workday.