{"id":5115,"date":"2026-08-12T13:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:29:58","slug":"building-services-to-implement-new-office-cleaning-program-pitch-in-purdue-across-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/blog\/2026\/08\/12\/building-services-to-implement-new-office-cleaning-program-pitch-in-purdue-across-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Services to implement new office cleaning program, Pitch In, Purdue, across campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning in September, Building Services will launch <em>Pitch In, Purdue<\/em>, a new office cleaning program designed to create a more efficient and sustainable approach to workplace cleaning. Following a successful pilot earlier this year, the initiative will transition office cleaning services to a reduced frequency schedule, and building occupants will be responsible for emptying deskside waste and recycling into designated centralized waste stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This small change comes with big benefits such as improving operational efficiency, reducing operation costs and allowing Building Services staff to support the campus community through high-priority tasks. The program will roll out in phases through November, with buildings transitioning according to a scheduled timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help prepare for the transition, Building Deputies will share maps identifying the centralized waste station locations within their buildings so occupants know which stations are closest to their workspaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional information, including the rollout schedule by building, frequently asked questions and other program resources, are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/building-services\/pitch-in-purdue\/\">Pitch In, Purdue<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in September, Building Services will launch Pitch In, Purdue, a new office cleaning program designed to create a more efficient and sustainable approach to workplace cleaning. Following a successful pilot earlier this year, the initiative will transition office cleaning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,42],"tags":[17],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative-operations-staff","category-campus-and-community","tag-campus-and-community"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-20 15:23:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5130,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions\/5130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5115"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=5115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}