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Published on: 5/30/2007
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"It's 5.8 million square feet, so it's definitely the size of a small city so with that comes the challenge of keeping it clean," said Sterling Payne of Hartsfield-Jackson.
On an average day, more than 240,000 people pass through the world's busiest airport in Atlanta.In recent months, the airport has upgraded several things to make the facility more passenger-healthy.
"We put in stainless steel wall coverings.They're less fingerprint resistant, therefore more germ resistant.We put in tile floors to replace some of the carpeting.Again, we've noticed that it's easier to clean, therefore, it keeps the airport more healthy," Payne explained.
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"A team of six different agencies go in, again about 3,000 times a month, and score the restrooms from the cleanliness of it, are the trash cans clean, is the toilet paper supplied, everything you can think of and then at the end of the month those numbers are tallied up and shared with the cleaning staff," Payne said.