Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 22nd October 2015 Issue no. 696
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   International News
Products Cleaning gadget beats bacteria on shopping trolley handles
The handles are clearly a hotbed of germs, but now, an easy-to-use cleaning device that helps keep the handles of supermarket trollies free from bacteria is being trialled in leading supermarkets in the Middle East. Ausclean Pulire: three days of professional development start 19th October
New visuals show proper use of surface disinfecting products in healthcare environments
Cromwell extends washroom range
ISS Greece awarded for innovative safety- and people practices
Brightwell Dispensers launches new EcoMulti chemical dilution system
Chicopee develops new system for tailor-made cleaning
CMS Berlin 2015 ends with outstanding results
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! When I trained as a journalist more years ago than I care to remember, it was drummed into me that those in my profession should report on the news – as it stood – and take care not to put our own slant on the story to suit our personal feelings or perhaps promote a hidden agenda. It may be that times have changed since then… or perhaps I had better training than some… but I’ve well and truly joined the ranks of those that say: “You don’t want to believe everything you read in the papers/see on the news”. This week for example, people have been up in arms about the BBC’s pro-EU stance perhaps having been ‘bought’ by grants from the EU itself (the journalists are now going to be trained in anti-bias or something!) while certain national newspapers - clearly campaigning for weekly household waste collections if we didn’t realise it before, are using the news that fly-tipping is on the increase to pretend that this is down to householders dumping the extra rubbish that won’t fit into their dustbins, out in the countryside. The real news on that is below – and if you trouble yourself as I did, to click on the link to the report and read it for yourself, you’ll see that fly tipping incidences involving black plastic bags of the type most householders use for their waste, stood at 11% of the total in 2007/08 (when we had weekly collections) but have now decreased to 5% (with household waste only being collected fortnightly). Talk about bending the news to suit your agenda! It takes the cleaning industry to lead the way on accurate reporting, with the press release accompanying the Equality & Human Rights Commission’s report, ‘The Invisible Workforce: employment practices in the cleaning sector’. The report, which had the input of many cleaning industry players, admits that while much of the industry is looking after the cleaning staff as it should, a great deal more needs to be done to bring the rest of the employers into line. Admitting that there’s a problem – and being honest about what it is – gives everyone a far better opportunity to do something to rectify it than they have if the problem’s been dishonestly reported, doesn’t it? 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
Campaign launches to change behaviour towards chewing gum disposal
As this short BBC video shows ( www.bbc.co.uk ) representatives took to Oxford Street to circle every single piece of discarded gum between the corner of John Prince's Street and Holles Street with water soluble fluorescent chalk, while witnessing the public reaction to the eye-catching measle-like patterns created across one of the busiest areas in London.
Hefter and Denis Rawlins team up to promote innovative scrubber-dryers across UK
Hefter Cleantech has appointed Denis Rawlins - which has over 40 years' experience advising and supporting companies with their cleaning needs - to distribute and support its range of scrubber-dryers across the UK. Fly-tipping statistics 2014/15, released this week, show illegal dumping is on the increase
Much-needed campaign to improve cleaners' working conditions spearheaded by industry taskforce A much-needed campaign to promote good working conditions in the cleaning industry has been launched by an industry-led taskforce set up by the Equality & Human Rights Commission. It includes leading businesses, trade associations and trade unions. The Commission convened the taskforce following publication of its report, 'The Invisible Workforce: employment practices in the cleaning sector', which set out the taskforce's findings on employment practices in the commercial cleaning sector in England, Scotland and Wales. For while some cleaners fare very well, others are having a miserable time... Steam clean the streets with Matrix
Matrix has invested significant development time over the last 10 years to come up with economical and efficient solutions to the problem of removing chewing gum which has resulted in a high quality range of specialist cleaning equipment developed with chewing gum removal in mind. Georgia-Pacific Professional unveils new innovations under new GP Pro brand name
GP Pro's focus on its customers includes these latest innovations: Bunzl to acquire Planet Clean Canada
Planet Clean is principally engaged in the sale and distribution of cleaning and hygiene supplies and equipment to a variety of customer markets including the healthcare, hospitality, food processing, government, buildings maintenance and industrial sectors. Revenue in 2014 was C$25.6 million. Bosch is launching full range of heavy duty tools for grounds maintenance crews
All products in the extended range offer a low vibration, low noise, low maintenance cost alternative to petrol-powered products and are likely to be a big hit with grounds maintenance crews. ISSA names first franchise member
2015-16 Free Local Authority WRAP Workshop dates announced
* Approaches to Materials Sales - Wednesday 10th February 2016. This workshop aims to provide delegates with the knowledge and skills they need to enable them to maximise the financial benefit obtained by their authorities for the dry recyclables collected as part of their provision of waste management services. CHSA members raise £8,500 for charity
"We're very proud to raise money for charity and each year we pick a charity with which there is a personal connection for someone within the CHSA or one that is relatively small and so would really benefit from the support we can provide," explains Stephen Harrison, (pictured) chairman of the CHSA and managing director of Harrison Wipes. 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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