Meeting All the Demands of Disinfecting - On, Beneath, and High Above the Surface

4th of May 2022
Meeting All the Demands of Disinfecting - On, Beneath, and High Above the Surface
Meeting All the Demands of Disinfecting - On, Beneath, and High Above the Surface

A few generations back, the widely accepted concept of "clean" equated to "not dirty." Except for a handful of settings in which sterile environments were critical, such as hospitals and labs, if a surface, textile, or body part was swept, wiped, washed, or rinsed and showed no dirt, it was considered clean.

These cleaning protocols, acceptable in the not-too-distant past, would never cut it in today's society. As anyone in the cleaning industry can tell you, the game has changed considerably. And at the center of the arena is the uncompromisable need to disinfect. For reasons we are all too aware of, cleaning demands a disinfectant that quickly and thoroughly removes the "enemy"-a vast and highly varied group of bacteria and viruses.

The demands on disinfectants are significantly elevated compared to a few decades ago. The entire process of development-from the labs to the end-user-creates a network of challenges that must be met for a disinfecting product to be successful in the marketplace. Chief among these challenges are:

• Environment regulations. These consist of national and global requirements.
• Business compatibility. Disinfectants must meet budget and growth needs, advance sustainability goals, resonate with target audiences, and be readily available.
• Labor shortages. With industries across the board struggling to have a complete workforce, fewer workers must do more, making on-the-job efficiency and speed paramount.
• Safety. From the manufacturers to end users, disinfecting products must be harmless to skin, eyes, respiratory systems, and so on.
• Consumers wanting it all. Today's end-users demand choices, performance, natural ingredients, convenience, and confidence in the products' environmental benefits.
• Product performance. It bears repeating: Disinfecting products must thoroughly and quickly remove viruses and bacteria.

Chemours GlycleanTM D family of disinfecting products checks off all the boxes, offering a nonflammable, VOC-exempt (Volatile Organic Compound), antimicrobial raw material that kills bacteria and viruses. Glyclean D products are so effective-as disinfectants and as solutions for business - because they are based in glycolic acid, nature's preservative and protector. Chemours manufactures molecules for Glyclean D in a highly efficient process to create a glycolic acid that is identical to the glycolic acid found in nature.

Respected as the "sustainable disinfectant for Europe," Glyclean D products can be used in formulations for EU National Registrations. Moreover, Chemours is the only glycolic acid supplier that has or is pursuing registrations globally. In addition to EU Biocidal Product Regulations (BPR) and GB BPR registrations, these include registrations with the U.S. EPA, Canada, and Korean BPR. Lastly, the BPR registration's provision for a transition process supporting registering new formulations helps ensure that using Glyclean D-based formulas will have long-term regulatory stability.

The family of Glyclean D products currently being supported in the EU and Great Britain are Glyclean D70E, standard grade; Glyclean D 70HP, high-purity grade; and Glyclean D99, solid crystalline grade. To state it simply, GlycleanTM D rises to meet the global imperatives to disinfect and stop the spread of viruses, illness, and disease and to take bolder action in mitigating the climate crisis and creating a sustainable planet.

In terms of performance, Glyclean D is a disinfecting powerhouse, using its small molecular size and dual acid-alcohol functionality to kill a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as large and small and enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. Moreover, due to its duality of action, Glyclean D dramatically minimizes microbial resistance.

Glyclean D formulation also enables one-step cleaning and disinfecting. By eliminating the need to pre-clean surfaces before disinfecting, Glyclean D products provide a critical benefit during a time when labor shortages are requiring smaller work forces to do more jobs and achieve extremely high cleanliness levels that are subjected to greater scrutiny than ever.

Lastly, when it comes to the business side of disinfecting products and services, Chemours distinguishes itself with 90 years of experience in managing and running large-volume glycolic acid processes and providing a variety of reliable solutions. That Glyclean D offers ease of formulation is further supported by the fact that Chemours is the only glycolic acid manufacturer with a dedicated technical service group offering customer support with formulation, analytics, and regulatory requirements.

All of this, coupled with the many attributes Glyclean D offers to meet end-user demands-from being safe for people and the environment to being nature-based, advancing sustainability goals, and performing reliably-makes it a smart solution for businesses in the cleaning industry.

As global environmental initiatives continue to intensify and concerns about epidemics and pandemics remain ingrained in every community, disinfectants will face more and more challenging demands. The ability to meet these demands lies in resilient products like Glyclean D that are formulated to evolve with the world around us.

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