August 03, 2025
Home Care
Sources of Washroom Odor in Corporate Offices & How to Eliminate It
Washrooms at corporate offices are cleaned at regular intervals by the housekeeping staff.
Still, at times, the emanating odor from these washrooms tends to be a concern for employees visiting them throughout the day.
What Is This Odor? Where Does It Come from in Spite of Washrooms Being Cleaned Every Day? Is Your Workplace Hygienic?
There are specific sources that contribute to this toilet odor.
Regular cleaners, which are often primarily toilet odor eliminators, act as masking agents and do not address the source of the odor, thereby often failing to resolve the issue.
Given below are some of the sources of odor in washrooms and the solutions thereof:
Urine
Urine is one of the primary reasons for the odor we encounter in washrooms.
Hundreds of employees visit the washroom in a corporate office.
Thus, the quantity of urine flushed every day is very high.
Urine comprises salts, proteins, carbohydrates, fatty acids, and urea that contain nitrogen.
Bacteria feed on urea and carbohydrates, producing odor-causing compounds such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
Additionally, urine spills on the floor are also a source of unpleasant odor.
Urinal Drain Clogging
Due to the presence of organic matter in the urine, it is prone to bacterial degradation, resulting in a foul odor.
The biological degradation of urea by bacteria creates an alkaline environment, causing uric acid to react with salts from flush water, which then deposits on the surface of the drainage pipes, leading to clogging of the urinal drain.
This process is known as pipe scaling. Such blockages prove to be a major hurdle.
Flushing
Flushing is also a factor contributing to the problem of odors.
An invisible mist containing bacteria rises and settles on the urinals, floors, and surrounding areas with every flush.
If left unattended, these bacteria then cause an unbearable odor.
Solution for Maintaining a Pleasant Washroom Atmosphere
Most solutions fail because they aim only to mask the odor, rather than eliminate it.
We at Organica Biotech have launched the Washroom Cleaning and Odor Control solutions.
These enzymatic formulations, in addition to cleaning washrooms, effectively degrade organic waste, such as urine deposits, thereby neutralizing the odor emanating from these sources and maintaining a pleasant washroom atmosphere.
- OB Care Flush Free Urinal Spray
The FlushFree Urinal Spray can be used to create a pleasant washroom atmosphere.
It effectively controls odor by degrading urine deposits at the source.
OB Care FlushFree Urinal Spray should be sprayed onto the urinals, the surrounding area, and the floors below urinal pots at regular intervals.
It is recommended to spray every 2 – 4 hours, depending on the load factor.
- OB Care Urinal Drain Cleaner
This specially formulated consortium features a unique enzyme machinery that aids in degrading urinary waste deposits in drain lines, preventing the release of harmful gases from urinal traps/urinal drains, and preventing clogging of drain lines.
OB Care Urinal drain cleaner is to be used with a dilution ratio of 100 ml: 1 L water for each urinal & nahani trap.
Initially, start dosing daily for 7 days, and then reduce to once a week.
For best results, it is recommended to pour this solution in the urinal & nahani trap at the end of the day.
- OB Care Washroom Cleaner and Odor Eliminator
This enzyme-based cleaner helps eliminate odors at the source and gives a pleasant washroom atmosphere.
For cleaning washroom floors, toilet bowls, urinals, wash basins, faucets, and other similar surfaces, use 20-50 ml of this product in 1 L of water.
To use as a toilet odor eliminator, apply the concentrated product by spraying in corners and around water closets, etc.
- OB Care Toilet Bowl Cleaner
This is an organic toilet cleaner featuring a unique enzymatic formulation that utilizes nanobiotechnology, making it eco-friendly compared to other toilet cleaners, which often contain a blend of corrosive chemicals.
This unique blend effectively cleans toilets and removes stains, giving your ceramics a fresh & sparkling look.
This is a ready-to-use product.
To achieve the best results with this organic toilet cleaner, it is recommended that the product be spread uniformly on the toilet bowl using a brush, left for 20 minutes, and then brushed and flushed.
Repeated use will provide good results.
A combination of these four products will help you resolve any washroom odor issues that might be present in the washrooms.
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