Not only are a university’s environmental services workers crucial in protecting students and staff from the novel coronavirus, they also play a large role in infection control against norovirus and MRSA.

Facilities that successfully reopened amidst the pandemic relied on stringent cleaning protocols. But few public environments are more challenging to clean and disinfect than a school, where kids are close to one another and touch things constantly.

A survey of 2,000 adults found that if they noticed dirty carpet at a college or university’s campus, 82% would take action such as complaining to management and assuming the campus is not cleaned properly.

As caution continues amid the coronavirus pandemic, there will be one area of your school campus that will be a focal point of concern and high cleanliness expectations—the restrooms.

You don’t have to sacrifice hygiene for sustainability when you choose brown paper towels, which are made of mixed paper waste, for your school’s restrooms.