Why choose a cleaning company that uses certified products

When a business compares cleaning contractors, the conversation usually stops at price and frequency. There is a question worth asking before signing anything: which products will be used in your spaces? The answer affects the health of the people who work there, your company’s own compliance, and the environmental footprint of the service.

There is an objective way to answer it: product certifications. These are not marketing labels — they are verifications issued by third parties against public criteria. At Pulymax we use exclusively professional, Made in Italy products that actually hold them. Here is what each one means in practice.

EPD — Environmental Product Declaration

An EPD is a verified environmental declaration that quantifies a product’s impact across its whole life cycle: raw materials, manufacturing, transport, use and disposal. A detergent with an EPD doesn’t just claim to be green — it proves it with measured, independently verified data against international standards. For the client, it means the cleaning service you buy has a documented environmental footprint you can report to your own stakeholders.

Medical-Surgical Device registration (Presidio Medico Chirurgico)

Disinfectants registered as Presidio Medico Chirurgico are authorised by the Italian Ministry of Health: the efficacy against bacteria, fungi and viruses stated on the label has been tested and approved. It is the difference between generic “sanitising” and actual, proven disinfection. In spaces open to the public, canteens or heavily used washrooms, that distinction is not a detail.

Second Life Plastic (Plastica Seconda Vita)

This certification attests that bottles and containers are made of certified recycled plastic. Less virgin plastic in circulation, with no compromise on product performance. It is a concrete criterion for companies that report on sustainability targets: suppliers count in your environmental balance sheet too.

HACCP suitability

HACCP-suitable products can be safely used wherever food is handled, produced or served: company canteens, break areas, food-industry facilities. Using unsuitable detergents in these environments exposes the business to contamination risks and to findings during inspections. With certified products, the client’s own HACCP self-control plan is supported, not undermined.

Minimum Environmental Criteria (CAM)

The CAM are the environmental requirements set by Italian law (Ministerial Decree 51/2021) for public cleaning contracts: public bodies may only purchase services that comply with them. CAM-compliant products mean something precise for private clients as well: the service meets the environmental standard the State imposes on itself — and if your company takes part in public tenders or supply chains, your cleaning contractor won’t be the weak link.

Beyond products: company-level guarantees

Product certifications say a lot, but choosing a partner also means looking at the company itself. Alongside certified products, Pulymax provides two corporate guarantees:

• DURC always up to date — the DURC (single certificate of contribution compliance) attests that the company is current with its social-security and insurance payments (INPS and INAIL). For the client this is direct protection: under Italian joint-liability rules for contracted services, your supplier’s compliance is your concern too. Our DURC can be downloaded at any time from the client area.
• HSE compliance — health, safety and environment managed in a structured way: staff trained on safety, covered by health surveillance and fully insured, with documented procedures and risk assessments. The people entering your premises work legally and safely — and their legal obligations never become your problem.

The bottom line

A cleaning quote that says nothing about products and compliance is an incomplete quote. Always ask: which certifications do the products hold? Is the DURC current? How are staff safety and training managed?

These are the questions we answer every day for businesses in Val di Sangro, Atessa and Lanciano. If you want to hear Pulymax’s answers, contact us: the quote is free and comes with no obligation.