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Effective Microorganisms™ brands do not contain any hazardous ingredients and are not hazardous to humans, animals, or plants. Because of FDA restrictions, we are not recommending the use of Effective Microorganisms™ on food preparation surfaces such as counters and cutting boards.

Cleaning with Effective Microorganisms

For hotel and home housekeeping, EM-1® applications will first reduce and eliminate odor in carpets, furniture, trash, etc. Second, it is also used to clean windows, mirrors, toilets, tubs, flooring, etc.

Benefits of EM-1®

In toilets and tubs EM-1® has an effect on salts that prevents them from binding to other substances, therefore, getting rid of the "ring".
EM-1® will cut down the use of detergent in laundry, eliminate odor, clean laundry better, and help drainage.
In swamp coolers or humidifiers, EM-1® will keep unit clean, eliminate odors and freshen the air you breath.

EM-1® can be used in the following ways:

Dilution with water	Purpose	Rate	Frequency
1:10	Odors & Tobacco Smoke	Slightly Moist	Daily or when needed
1:10	Trash Receptacles, Dumpsters, and Enclosures	Wet	Daily or when needed
1:10	Garbage Disposals	1/4 cup per unit	Daily at Closing
1:50†	Kitchen Floor Drain	1/4 cup per unit	Daily at Closing
1:300*	Carpets & Mats	Slightly Moist	1-2 times per week
1:100*	Urinals	1/4 cup per unit	Daily at Closing
1:100*	Metal Stall Base	Wet Spray	Daily at Closing
1:100*	Kitchen sinks, dishwasher, and all non-food prep areas	Appropriate Amounts	Daily cleanup
0 dilution	Swamp Coolers and Humidifiers	1-4 ounces	One time per week
1:100*	Bathrooms Fixtures, mirrors and windows	1/2 cup per bathroom	1-2 times per week
1:100*	Kitchen Floors	3/4 cup per mop bucket	Daily Mopping
0	Laundry	1/8 cup per load (residential size machine)	In place of detergent
* For tougher applications, use a higher concentration of EM-1®. † If excess water from mop bucket is poured down drain, there should be no need for additional applications to the drains.

Dilution should be done as follows:
Example: 1 ounce EM-1® to 10 ounces water

Store EM-1® at room temperature (55 to 80 degrees F) and out of direct sun light. Chemicals such as bleach, ammonia, and anti-bacterial soap should be avoided before and after EM-1® use.

Pest control:
Spraying areas where pasts are a problem will prevent odor, which attracts flies and other vectors. Similarly, EM-1® will prevent putrefaction, which will, in time, eliminate the food source for ants, roaches, rats, and mice. These pests leave scent trails, through access point (crawl spaces, utility access both overhead, below and through walls) to return upon, and for others to follow. Periodically spraying these areas with EM-1® eliminates insect and rodent scent trails.

Available in 5 gallon, 55 gallon, and 1 gallon sizes ready-to-use (Activated EM-1®). 5 gallon pictured below.

Seed Treatment
Wastewater Treatment
Zoo Management
Commercial Composting
Waste Management
Turf and Golf Courses
Odor Control
Inoculating Compost
Hotels and Housekeeping
Restaurants
Commercial Kitchens
Fats, Oils and Grease
Corrosion Control

Seed Treatment

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EM America provides clients with specifically targeted applications of EM Technology® that are able to dramatically reduce odors caused by putrefied wastes. The picture on the right shows the walls of a lift station that once were black and now look like new cement. This dramatic change was achieved simply through the application of EM-1® Waste Treatment. This effect happens throughout the entire collection system when EM Technology® is properly applied in the collection system. Timing, flow rates, system design, and management are all considered in developing an application program for a wastewater treatment plant and collection system (sewer)....

A zoo is a dynamic operation. Zoo's incorporate various types of animals, drinking water supplies, wastewater, water recycling systems, turf, flowers, trees, solid wastes, restaurants, sanitation facilities, and veterinary clinics. EM-1® offers applications for all facets of these operations. Animal exhibits can be washed down with EM-1® for waste treatment, odor control, and fly control. Water exhibits require recycling systems to keep levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) up, water clarity, lower sludge and BOD, etc. Keep wastes and costs of recharge water down. Larger animals' wastes are often composted and utilized on site as fertilizer and mulch for application to...

Using EM Technology® (EM-1® Waste Treatment) can help reduce composting turning costs by as much as 80% and prevent anaerobic, odor-causing decay. The key to efficient composting is to have healthy decomposition constantly occurring throughout the pile. In all conditions, including low oxygen and anaerobic environments, EM-1® Waste Treatment facilitates healthy decomposition and increased production of stable organic matter particles (humus). Feed stocks treated with EM-1® Waste Treatment quickly develop structure and a more fluffy texture allowing oxygen to penetrate into the pile. Anaerobic pockets become aerated and the overall quality of the product is improved while reducing management...

EM Technology® has been used around the world in the treatment of solid waste landfills. The motto of "acting locally" can be taken quite literally if we were all to incorporate the use of Effective Microorganisms™ at home by treating all of our food and green wastes "locally". Solid wastes are inevitable in today's society. How we manage the wastes is really the problem, not having them. Throwing items that have some usable value is not management, but waste. Incineration of wastes leads to other problems with air pollution and also relies heavily on fuels to produce high heat...

EM-1® Micriboal Inoculant has quickly become an essential tool in sustainable and organic management of healthy turf. EM-1® has been utilized by the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) division of the Park and Recreation Department of the City of San Francisco for the past 4 years to improve turf quality and without the use of dangerous fungicides and pesticides. EM-1® is a necessary technology for the golf course industry to help meet new city and state government mandates that require up to an 80% reduction of most fungicides and pesticides. The public is now demanding turf management that does not compromise...

Odor Control

If there is one thing that is ALWAYS consistent with EM-1®, it is its ability to control odors. The application rate varies according to how bad the odor is and what is being treated. As a rule of thumb, we generally will start with a 100:1 application of water to EM-1®. If this rate was not able to control the odor, another application may be necessary. Water Treatment Equipment Covered in Dry Raw Sewage Some examples of what odors can be easily eliminated are: Skunk Garbage Manure Urine Fish Food Fuels Chemicals Crime Scenes Hydrogen Sulfide Reduction, Mercaptans, Ammonia....

Inoculating Compost The following application recommendation are guidelines to producing high quality compost with less intensive management. Contact EM America for customer EM-1® Waste Treatment composting programs that will meet your goals. Procedures: Apply EM-1® Waste Treatment as soon as the material is consolidated (or windrowed) and preferably before the material has become thermophillic (temperatures above 120 degrees F). These recommended rates of EM-1® Waste Treatment application are guidelines and may need to be adjusted for site-specific conditions and unique feedstocks. Activated EM-1® Waste Treatment should be used for all applications due to cost savings. Consult with EM America...

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Restaurants need Effective Microorganisms™. Grease and odors hover everywhere in the operation. Restaurant owners purchase various products for treating all these issues (soap, degreaser, bleach, drain cleaner, acids, enzymes, etc.). Using EM-1® for all these applications will take care of these problems and save the restaurant owner time & money. With all the food, garbage, and water, restaurants are notorious for attracting pests. Therefore, cleanliness is extremely important. Also, restaurants care about keeping chemicals away from the foods they plan to prepare for their customers. What better way is there than to get rid of the chemicals and clean with...

EM Technology® offers a unique approach to dealing with fats, oils, and grease. Instead of emulsifying them, as enzyme products do, EM-1® Microbial Inoculant will digest them, eliminating them from the system. During the natural fermentation process, over 50 different enzymes are produced by the microbes in EM-1®. Since there is no freeze drying or pasteurization of the EM-1®, all the enzymes are left in solution and continue to be produced by the live microbes in the culture. In regards to grease digestion, the most important of these enzymes are protease and lipase. Microbes use enzymes to accelerate the breakdown...

Prevention of Rust On of the most damaging effects on equipment is rusting. Rust is an oxidation reaction. Moisture on metal is not a good thing when there are oxidizing agents around. Almost any cleaner used today is an oxidizer. Ammonia and bleach will oxidize metals, causing rusted equipment, thereby increasing operations costs over time. Antioxidants reverse oxidation (that is what the "anti" means). Antioxidants are chelated minerals and vitamins. EM-1® is fermented with cane molasses. Cane molasses have roughly 40 different trace minerals. The microbes in EM-1® will synthesize various bio-available vitamin compounds (including B complex and Vitamin A)...

Hotel and Housekeeping

Seed Treatment

Wastewater Treatment

Zoo Management

Commercial Composting

Landfill and Solid Waste Management

Turf and Golf Courses

Odor Control

Inoculating Compost

Hotel and Housekeeping

Restaurant and Commercial Kitchen

Restaurant and Commercial Kitchen

Fats Oils and Grease

Corrosion Control

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