Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 15th January 2015 Issue no. 656
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       International News
Products Zylast wins USAID 'Fighting Ebola Grand Challenge'
New report says cleaners and waste management workers ‘’still at risk from workplace carcinogens Cleaners and those involved in waste management have once again been highlighted as an at-risk group when it comes to occupational cancer as a result of exposure to carcinogens in cleaning products – this time in a report just published by the European Agency for Safety & Health at Work. EnviroThaw de-icer - the eco-friendly, non-damaging alternative to rock salt
Said to be some 90% less corrosive than rock salt, it is non-toxic to vegetation and grass, it minimises rust damage and won't tread into and harm carpets. It is also non-harmful to wildlife. ‘Global Hospital-Acquired Infection Control Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020’, now available While better healthcare infrastructure and increasing demand for HAI control products mean that North America and Europe are dominating the global hospital-acquired infection control market, Asia and Latin America are expected to experience high growth rate due to an increase in the demand for these products and the increasing demand for better healthcare facilities in these regions. So says newly published research from Persistence Market Research. |
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! News just in as Cleanzine was about to broadcast, revealed that London’s Brent Council is to make £54m worth of cuts to services. According to The Times, litter (which of course shouldn’t exist in the first place!) will no longer be cleared from residential streets. The fact that the council’s CCTV cameras are also under threat paints an unpleasant picture of filthy, litter-strewn streets with no chance of finding, fining and re-educating the offenders… In other, similar news, father-of-four Craig Lavelle is so incensed by his local council – Bury – cutting non-recyclables bin collections to once every three weeks that he’s offering fellow residents a private collection service at £8.50 a time. As he’s already in the waste disposal business, I’m assuming he’s done the figures. Bury is the first council in England to dare to collect bins so infrequently and it claims that as well as saving £800,000 a year, it will force residents to recycle rather than discard. Of course it may also encourage fly tipping – although those considering this will need to ask themselves how long we can continue producing so much waste – and if they don’t have a social conscience, whether they’re going to be able to afford the fine and face a potential jail term plus the shame of being outed by the local paper! Reader comments following the Mail Online report, reveal a 50:50-ish split between those who are also incensed and those who could quite easily cope if their bins were emptied monthly or even less frequently. The consensus seemed to be that disposable nappies were the main problem. So what can be done about those, I wonder? Bury’s recycling scheme is not a patch on the one I enjoy but it could, no doubt, be tweaked to placate its residents. I know I’ve used Cleanzine previously to back the move from weekly collections to fortnightly and have said that a council tax discount might encourage residents to recycle more waste. I think now is the time for councils everywhere to give this option serious thought, considering the money that can be saved by cutting the frequency of collections. What works for you? Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
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        This Week's News
Some big names return to UK's national cleaning event
The show will feature all the latest innovative products impacting the cleaning sector, as well as some new interactive features for visitors - plus the organisers have increased the size of the event to accommodate the latest companies that have just signed up. Upgrade your facility with antimicrobial products from Ophardt Hygiene
Ophardt Hygiene has launched a number of antimicrobial copper products under the Ingo-man brand.
This is the conclusion of Kyle Bibby, University of Pittsburgh, in an article he published in the December 2014 issue of Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Manufacturer highlights need for good hand hygiene in schools with new focus on food preparation
It vacuums, it cleans, then it blow dries... Meet the new Aquarius Speedyclean!
Great for cleaning up spills and making your premises clean, hygienic and welcoming. Guardian24 registers its one millionth lone worker activity
Guardian24's lone worker solutions provide two key features; the ability to easily raise a covert panic alarm on a chosen device should the user's safety be compromised and the ability to log lone worker activities. Changing Places to set standard for school hygiene room provision
New Department for Education guidance (Building Bulletin 93) sets out a minimum space requirement for the specialist hygiene rooms, but there are no specific guidelines or criteria for the equipment therein. OCS forms joint venture with Saudi's Zahid Group
The new OCS Arabia venture will be headquartered in the King Abdullah Economic City, the new port facility and development zone in Saudi Arabia. Northwood Hygiene comes tops for service
As one of the country's leading food service providers, Brakes awarded the accolade to Northwood ahead of more than 60 other companies within the 'Catering Supplies Equipment' section of its business, commending the company for its swift deliveries, complete supply chain and the overall quality of its paper products. Restora removes challenging adhesives from linen, reducing costs for healthcare laundries Ecolab has introduced the Restora programme for healthcare laundries. The programme uses a patent-pending formula to remove medical adhesives from linen during the wash process, thus enabling healthcare laundries to reclaim linen that would have previously been discarded due to adhesive stains, helping to extend linen life and reduce replacement costs.
Tests show that the Restora programme can help healthcare laundries reclaim up to 99% of adhesive-stained linen. "Medical adhesive stains are difficult to remove and present one of the costliest challenges for healthcare laundries," notes Michael Johannsen, senior vice president of Global Textile Care at Ecolab. Hako Machines delighted to attend 25th CIWM Clean Britain Awards and sponsor category
Clean Britain celebrates the success of local authorities in maintaining high quality local environments that instill a sense of civic pride in the community. These awards also recognise outstanding contributions made to the improvement of the local environment and street cleansing. Introducing the Poovac, the new, battery-powered poop scoop
The Poovac, developed and engineered by Trafalgar, is here to make poop patrol quicker and more hygienic. A battery-powered vacuum cleaner specially designed to collect pet mess - either wet or solid - from outdoor spaces, Poovac is set to transform the way we keep these spaces clean. 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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CSSA to terminate its current role within the Building Futures Group The Cleaning & Support Services Association is to terminate its role within the Building Futures Group - the organisation formed less than a year ago by the merging of Asset Skills, the Facilities Management Association and the CSSA itself. More membership applications as CHSA's Soft Tissue Accreditation Scheme strengthens Membership of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers' Association's Soft Tissue Manufacturing Standards Accreditation Scheme has increased by three during a year in which the rigour of the Scheme has been enhanced, according to Mike Stubbs, Chairman of the Scheme's governing Panel. Chemex guide on Ebola welcomed by UK health workers
Soapbox: Best Practice in Cleaning Rafael Cobos of Futureclean Assured Systems, argues that for Best Practice to be properly applied to cleaning, those responsible for the cleaning process, must also adopt Continuous Improvement measures...
MITIE awarded multi-million pound cleaning contract with Arriva UK Bus
NCCA and IICRC 2015 training dates for carpet & upholstery cleaners and restoration professionals The National Carpet Cleaners Association and the Institute of Inspection Cleaning & Restoration Certification have released details of their 2015 training courses. Some are already fully booked so if you want to ensure that you don’t miss out, do contact the secretariats this side of Christmas if you can. The courses and dates are as follows: Gatwick Airport cleaner punched in face after walking in on a woman on the toilet A male cleaner at Gatwick Airport has asked his employer – OCS - to excuse him from one of his jobs, following an assault by a member of the public. LCC Support Services backs Living Wage
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