University biotech researchers patent wastewater filtering device that reduces potable water demand

With 80% of water supplied to households in India released as wastewater, while over 600,000,000 people in the country are facing severe water crisis due to extreme groundwater over-extraction, erratic monsoons and rapid urbanisation, a team of Chandigarh University (CU) researchers has conceived and patented a scheme that reduces the demand for fresh potable water.
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Actabl's AI Insights cuts overtime share of hours by 13% across 100-plus hotels

Actabl has announced that hotels across the US are already seeing measurable results using AI Insights for Hotel Effectiveness, the industry's hotel labour management platform. Embedded in the workflows managers already use to run their hotels – such as for cleaners - AI Insights surfaces issues and recommends action before costs impact the balance sheet, helping operators make better decisions for owners and the associates running their properties.
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SOAPBOX: The compliance problem no one is talking about: What happens when AI makes the decision?

By Sameer Kumandan, managing director at SW360

“Artificial intelligence is moving steadily from helping businesses make decisions to making more of them. It can assess applications, prioritise cases, identify unusual behaviour, score risk and determine which customers, suppliers or transactions require further scrutiny. For businesses under pressure to make faster decisions at scale, the appeal is obvious. But as AI takes on more responsibility, a difficult compliance question is emerging: who is accountable when the machine gets it wrong?
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Michigan manufacturer saves more than $700,000 while reducing PPE waste with innovative cleaning & recycling program

At a time when manufacturers are under increasing pressure to reduce operating costs while meeting sustainability goals, Libra Industries is helping companies accomplish both through its PPE Cleaning & Recycling Program. For manufacturers, managing personal protective equipment (PPE) is a necessary expense, but replacing gloves and other protective gear after every use can quickly drive-up costs and generate significant waste.
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New Pudu ET1: an AI-native compact scrubber-drier robot for small commercial spaces

Pudu Robotics has launched Pudu ET1, an AI-native compact scrubber-drier robot designed for small commercial spaces. As the first product in the new Pudu E Series, ET1 is built for cleaning areas of 100 - 800sq.m, including convenience stores, drugstores, chain restaurants, business and economy hotels and office spaces.
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Truvox International launches Valet Backpack Pro in partnership with Pacvac

Truvox International has extended its Original Equipment Manufacturer partnership with Pacvac Australia and expanded its popular dry vacuum range with the introduction of the Valet Backpack Pro - a corded backpack vacuum that gives the freedom to move effortlessly while delivering powerful performance, boosting productivity and ensuring a thorough clean in large spaces.
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Ergonomics risk assessment tools market to reach $3.4 billion by 2033

According to Research intelo, the Global Ergonomics Risk Assessment Tools market size was valued at $1.2 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $3.4 billion by 2033, expanding at a robust CAGR of 12.6% during the forecast period of 2025–2033. 
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ACI Survey: Parents mark cleanliness this back-to-school season

New survey results from the American Cleaning Institute show that while most parents give their child’s school good marks for cleanliness, shared spaces where hygiene matters most - like bathrooms and cafeterias - remain top concerns.
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Lucid Bots launches ground-powered continuous flight cleaning drone system

Lucid Bots has announced the Power Tether, saying it is the first company to bring a ground-powered continuous-power system to commercial cleaning and spraying drones. The system supplies continuous external power to the Sherpa drone, reducing planned battery-change interruptions during longer cleaning and spraying operations. 
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‘Qualita’ cleaning in the heart of Umbria

Of the many awe-inspiring conference venues around the world hosting arts and cultural events, the beautiful Auditorium San Francesco al Prato in Perugia, Umbria, in the centre of Italy, has to be one of the oldest and most lovely. 
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OCS mobilises new aircraft cleaning contract with Virgin Atlantic

OCS has mobilised a new three-year aircraft cleaning contract with Virgin Atlantic, deploying 240 colleagues across Heathrow and Manchester airports. 
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SkyVac founder Andy Whiting retires after creating an industry

After more than two decades of innovation, entrepreneurship and industry leadership, Andy Whiting, founder of Spinaclean and creator of the globally recognised skyVac brand, has announced his retirement from the business.
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Metsa 2027 Sustainability Awards: deadline for entries just three days away

There are just three days left in which to submit your entry into the Metsa 2027 Sustainability Awards, so if you are planning on putting your organisation’s successes forward for consideration by the judges and benefiting from all that this brings, you will need to hurry up. You only have until midnight, Sunday 20th September… 

The Awards programme is open to all those involved in the cleaning & hygiene sector, be you either a provider or user of any size, a membership or accreditation organisation, or government department, (including local and county council). So if you, your organisation, team, service or product is making a positive difference to people and the planet, you are in with a chance of making the shortlist and perhaps even being announced the winner.
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Robotic floor equipment plans double in 2026 as labour pressures persist, review finds

Nassco, the Wisconsin, US-based janitorial solutions and floorcare equipment provider, is highlighting new cleaning industry data showing that planned adoption of robotic floor equipment has roughly doubled from 2025. The company reviewed current and historical industry research to put the shift in practical facilities management context.

The 2026 Building Service Contractor Market Study, conducted jointly by Contracting Profits magazine and Building Service Contractors Association International, reports that around 32% of BSCs plan to adopt robotic floor equipment within the next 12 months - roughly double the share reported in 2025.
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Hydrachem’s solution to 54% rise in hospital-onset MRSA rate

Disinfection specialist Hydrachem is calling for greater focus on the consistency and measurement of environmental cleaning following a sharp rise in the UK hospital-onset MRSA bacteraemia rate. 

The latest figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show that the incidence rate of MRSA bacteraemia reached 2.1 cases per 100,000 population in January to March 2026, the highest rate recorded since April to June 2011. 
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Tunley Environmental’s free webinar will make sustainability reporting more manageable

Tunley Environmental’s new free webinar, ‘How to make sustainability reporting more manageable’, has been designed for professionals who are managing growing volumes of environmental and ESG data. It is taking place on Thursday 15th October from 15:00-16:00 via Microsoft Teams.

As sustainability reporting requirements continue to develop, more organisations are confronted with the chore of collecting the right information, keeping track of supporting evidence, managing supplier data and avoiding the need to rebuild the same information for each reporting cycle.
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Manufacturing leaders reveal biggest cleaning & hygiene challenges facing UK facilities

Maintaining regulatory compliance and preventing contamination or cross contamination have emerged as the joint biggest cleaning & hygiene challenges facing UK manufacturing facilities, new research by commercial cleaning company Mrs Buckét has revealed.

The research asked 250 senior decision-makers in manufacturing responsible for cleaning & hygiene across the UK about the growing pressure on manufacturing businesses to ensure their facilities are clean and compliant.
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2Pure Products launches ‘game-changing’ OdorBac Air

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Hospitality and hygiene on agenda for PestAware Summit

Protecting reputation, compliance and trust are at the top of the agenda at an all-new event designed to help professionals understand emerging pest threats and take a proactive approach to tackling them. The PestAware Summit 2027, hosted by British Pest Control Association (BPCA), brings together for the first time, professionals, stakeholders and decision-makers for focused discussions around the practical challenges posed by pests.
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Cleanology launches sixth annual fundraiser in fight against hygiene poverty