Floor Maintenance Pads

Approved September 25, 2025

Covered Products

• Pads for powered floor maintenance equipment, including:
  • Carpet cleaning pads and bonnets
  • Floor buffing, burnishing, and polishing pads
  • Floor cleaning and scrubbing pads
  • Floor stripping pads
     

Exclusions

• Coating removal products
• Floor mats
• Floor maintenance products, see GreenNY Specification: Floor Maintenance Products
• Floor mopping and dusting pads, see GreenNY Specification: Mops
• Sponges and scrubbers, see GreenNY Specification: Sponges and Scrubbers

Minimum Requirements

Products MUST have the following sustainability attributes:

• Made of one or a combination of the following materials:
  • Plant-based fibers (e.g., hemp, coconut fiber, etc.) (Preferred)
  • Plastic, with one or more of the following:
    • 50% post-consumer recycled content (PCRC) or higher
    • 90% total-recycled content (TRC) or higher
  • Microfiber
  • Minerals (e.g., sand, diamonds, etc.)
• Does not contain:
  • Animal hair
  • Melamine
• Fragrance-free
• Not labeled “antimicrobial” nor claim to kill bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens
• Not labeled as containing cleaning chemicals including but not limited to soaps and polishes

Additional Desirable Attributes

Products are ENCOURAGED to have one or more of the following sustainability attributes:

• Product is double-sided
• Plastic components contain:
  • Greater than 50% PCRC
  • 100% TRC
• All resins are water-based (e.g., non-phenolic)
• Designed to be used without chemicals
• Green Seal Certified
• UL GREENGUARD or GREENGUARD Gold Certified
• Recycled content is currently verified by UL or another certifier (e.g., Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Global Services, etc.)
• Made by a Certified B Corp
• Made in the USA

Many products meeting this GreenNY Specification align with the following NYS sustainability policies:

• Executive Order 22: Leading by Example: Directing State Agencies to Adopt a Sustainability and Decarbonization Program
• Pollution Prevention Policy
• Purchasing of Recycled, Remanufactured, or Recyclable Commodities for State Use
• State Solid Waste Management Policy

• GreenNY Sustainability Certifications and Standards
• GreenNY Sustainable Purchasing Definitions
• NYS Sustainability Policies 

To support compliance with NYS policies and GreenNY procurement requirements, contract managers are encouraged to incorporate the GreenNY Sample Contract Language into bid solicitations and contracts. The GreenNY sample contract language covers the following topics:

• GreenNY Sales Reporting
• Packaging Language
• Product Labeling per GreenNY Specifications
• Takeback Services
• Verification of Vendor Compliance with GreenNY Requirements and Documentation of Desirable Attributes and Other Environmental Claims 

• Post-Consumer Recycled Content (PCRC) – A material that has served its intended use and has been collected in a municipal or commercial recycling program and incorporated into new materials or products. PCRC does not include pre-consumer recycled content (also referred to as post-industrial recycled content), which is material diverted from the waste stream during the manufacturing process.
   
• Total Recycled Content (TRC) – The sum of post-consumer and pre-consumer recycled content.