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Attendees of the May 19-22 National Restaurant Show in Chicago learned that linen, uniform and facility services providers serving restaurants and other foodservice operations can be distinguished by earning third-party verification of their sustainability and cleanliness, as the Textile Rental Services Association exhibited its Clean Green and Hygienically Clean Food Service certifications at the show.

More than 150 individuals viewed the exhibit, which screened a new animated video explaining the Clean Green designation. 

Depicting operations within a laundry, the video shows how contracting with a Clean Green certified provider delivers services restaurants need and gives them peace of mind from doing business with a sustainable provider. Clean Green operations comply with water and energy standards and demonstrate best management practices in supplying, laundering and maintaining textiles.

The TRSA display distributed copies of Sustainability: Finding the “New” Green in Your Restaurant Supply Chain, a 7-page guide to using a systematic approach to choose suppliers whose products/services are proven to be more sustainable than those of their competitors and whose own practices are more sustainable. It’s available for downloading from the F&B/Restaurant page on the Resources menu at www.trsa.org (https://www.trsa.org/certification-green-restaurant-suppliers/).

INFORMATION: TRSA director of membership and industry outreach Ken Koepper is pictured with office manager Mary Beth Porter at the NRA show