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   International News
Products WFBSC responds to intervention by UK Chief Medical Officer on infectious disease The World Federation of Building Service Contractors has responded to UK Chief Medical Officer's request to add the threat of infections resistant to antibiotics to the UK risk register of civil emergencies. Marriott helps 'Clean the World'
'Libera', the industrial high pressure washer from Italy
Bitesize learning with the WoolSafe Academy
Tax time for BSCs: be aware of the five tax hot spots Over the next couple of months, most building service contractors in the US will start getting their records together, ready to file their taxes. It is important for BSCs to understand what the Internal Revenue Service typically scrutinises on a business tax return and hopefully, avoid an audit. In this article (which has useful information for BSCs everywhere), Tornado Industries Business of the Business offers some useful tips on how to tackle business taxes. RIA members create cleaning solution for flood damage
Kärcher wins unfair competition lawsuit against Chinese manufacturer
EU landfills or incinerates 60% of its municipal waste: "Must do better!" says FoE
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Welcome to the
Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 148 countries worldwide! As you are no doubt aware, I have written several comment pieces in the 560 issues of Cleanzine we’ve produced, to grouse about the vagaries of this nation’s recycling processes – which, I understand, are echoed throughout much of the developed world. I find it daft that the responsibility often rests on individual householders to separate their recyclables into the correct receptacles for regular collection. Why daft? Well, because if people get it wrong – which they often do - the load can be classed as contaminated and will either be vastly devalued or even deemed worthless and consequently sent to landfill. I’m a keen recycler and I hadn’t realised our local system had changed for some months (or even longer!) so what hope is there for people who just aren’t that bothered? I strongly believe that we should just put everything into one ‘recyclables’ bin for the experts to separate at the municipal waste centre. It’s become the norm for jobs to be outsourced to those trained and qualified to carry them out, so why on earth leave something so crucial to people like me? I was delighted to learn this week that following a Judicial Review, Mr Justice Hickinbottom has given the thumbs up to the system I think we should follow – co-mingling or single-stream recycling to give it the correct term. He said that he broadly supports the Defra and Welsh Government position that co-mingled recycling collections can, and do, meet the requirements of the revised European Waste Framework Directive and can produce a high quality recyclate. Some common sense at last then! As I’ve said before, such a system takes the guesswork out of the recycling process, leaves our streets, driveways and front gardens less cluttered with the various bins we currently need and creates much needed jobs for those who may right now be out of work and claiming benefits. Further, the waste can be properly sorted so that each bale can be sold for its full worth, bringing much needed funding back into the local authority’s coffers. I do so hope that now the legal position has been clarified, more local authorities will start to adopt the co-mingling process!
Yours,
    This Week's News
Tissue World, Barcelona, less than two weeks away
China Clean teams up with World Toilet Organization to create onsite forum
Sodexo named one of the 'World's Most Admired Companies' by Fortune Magazine
Xenex 'robot' halting spread of infection in more than 100 hospitals
Hospital cleanliness plays a role in the spread of HAIs, which are caused by microorganisms such as Clostridium difficile, MRSA, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and Acinetobacter baumannii. Hospital cleaning teams are not able to disinfect all the surfaces in patient rooms in the allotted time, with research showing that more than half of the surfaces remain untouched. Some superbugs such as C. diff are showing resistance to disinfectants, making them even more difficult to eliminate. Others, such as CRE, have developed a resistance to antibiotics, making them nearly impossible to treat. Landfill still the answer for most, despite EU recycling target
IFMA brings Facility Fusion Conference & Expo to Los Angeles, next month The International Facility Management Association will host the Facility Fusion Conference and Expo at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, Calif., US, from April 2nd - 4th, 2013. The conference and expo will include education workshops, leadership training and discussions on best practices in various disciplines related to facilities management including workplace strategy, sustainability and trends. ISSA ready to hit the fairways Following the success of the event over the past three years, get ready to hit the fairways again at this year's ISSA Golf Day, which will be held on 27th June at the Toft Hotel and Golf Course, Toft, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 0JT. ISS soars with Ryanair at Luton Airport
The new 18-month contract will cover the cleaning of all Luton airport-based aircraft, which currently stands at four Boeing 737-800s. Services will include aircraft interior cleaning, deep cleaning, toilets and water servicing as well as daily services such as rubbish collection from inbound flights and spot cleaning. Academic believes awards system will lead to cleaner schools in Ghana Professor Kwadwo Djang- Forjour, Rector of the Sunyani Polytechnic in Ghana, has reiterated the need for hygiene to be taught in schools to promote health and a clean environment. He has suggested that the required motivation could come from an awards programme whereby the educational authorities would award prizes to the cleanest schools. Idrobase buys new premises to cope with increasing business
In 1998, after 12 years as a distributor, Idrobase started out with a 900 sq.m building, most of which was used for storage while 100 sq.m was used for producing equipment destined mainly for the Italian market. Electrolysed water for The Lab at Westminster Kingsway
Extra funding for emergency pre-monsoon cleaning awarded to Kochi Corp. of India The 74 divisions of the Kochi Corporation - the body responsible for municipal cleaning in the area that Wikipedia says is the sixth most popular tourist destination in India - have been awarded extra funding worth almost £13,500 for emergency pre-monsoon cleaning this year. Greyland customer survey - results are in!
Yes, the Greyland annual Customer Survey has been evaluated for 2012 and despite all that could have happened (but didn't) during their move a year ago, the overall consensus is that Greyland service is 'Excellent.' Of those who returned their Customer Survey forms, none thought that they needed to use another supplier alongside Greyland, the reason being given was that the company scored highly for value for money and service (PS Greyland is the only cleaning chemicals manufacturer that offers a 4 day turnaround on orders - next day if you need it really fast!). The Cleanzine Archive Search We keep an extensive archive of news stories and product information that have featured in past issues of The Cleanzine. If you would like to run a search of the The Cleanzine web site using the search tool below please just go ahead by entering in the name of the person, product or company or any other key words that you are looking for. How to contact us at The Cleanzine:
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Textile manufacturer sentenced over worker's death
Game on for LPM Cleaning at SONY Computer Entertainment Europe
Restaurant fined £24,000 plus costs, for cleaning and hygiene offences A Court has been told that a restaurant which was so dirty that it was nearly ordered to close immediately when visited by an environment health officer.
Liverpool magistrates heard that during a seven month period between March 2012 and October 2012 the Buffet Star, on Hanover House, 87 -91 Hanover Street, a self-service buffet restaurant in the City Centre serving Chinese and Thai cuisine, was visited six times and on each occasion serious and repeated contraventions of the food safety legislation were found. New report gives top considerations for hiring commercial window cleaners
National winner John puts the Who? in Which?
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