Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 9th June 2022 Issue no. 1020
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   International News
Products Dr Deborah Birx to Keynote inaugural GBAC Symposium in Chicago
 Clean the World expands global Hospitality Recycling Program in UK
Interclean Amsterdam's 4-day reunion last week created cause for celebration
USD 3.05 billion potential growth in hand hygiene market size, says report
ACI to Congress: Ensure EPA Chemical Safety Office has necessary funding
Reckitt: an Official Partner of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
'The Future of Cleaning' by Hako
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I was interested to read this week, that researchers had found that harmful bacteria on sewage-associated plastic waste, washed up on beaches, can survive long enough to pose a risk to human health. The team at the University of Stirling, found that bacteria such as E. coli and intestinal enterococci were binding to these plastics more often than to naturally occurring materials such as seaweed and sand, thereby prolonging their persistence in the water and at the beach. The presence of faecal bacteria could also potentially lead to outbreaks of norovirus, rotavirus and salmonella. "Some of the plastic waste could be from legacy sewage spills that have persisted in the environment, but the volume of waste we are seeing is shocking," said Professor Richard Quilliam, whose team collected plastic waste from 10 beaches along the Firth of Forth estuary in Scotland. "We expected to collect a few wet wipes everywhere, but the team came back with bags of them." The team also found evidence that species of vibrio - a naturally occurring bacteria, some strains of which can cause a severe upset stomach - were able to colonise wet wipes. And they found high rates of antimicrobial resistance present in the bacteria on the wipes and cotton bud sticks. The research is part of the £1.85 million 'Plastic Vectors' project - funded by the Natural Environment Research Council - which is investigating how plastics in the environment can help transport bacteria and viruses and the impact that may have on human health. The paper is at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article Finally, I'm always pleased when what I produce in Cleanzine makes an impact but even more so when it prompts a 'letter to the editor' from an old friend & ex-colleague - in this case Australia's Alan Hardcastle, whom you may remember as the highly-respected publisher of Inclean magazine for many years. Alan's email, which features below, picked up on my praise last week of ISSA/Pulire’s Toni D'Andrea's thinking about the need to elevate cleaning to the status of ‘an investment’, when so many people wrongly look upon it as being just ‘a cost’. I hadn't realised until I received Alan's email, that Toni's thoughts aren't new - and possibly as a result of the shift the pandemic has brought about - but rather something that Toni's carried in his heart for many years. Like Alan, I believe this is a message that we as an industry need to share with everyone.
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    This Week's News
We have Mail: Alan Hardcastle writes
I really enjoyed reading Toni D'Andrea's missive in your last newsletter. He's a deep thinker and is certainly someone of whom our industry can be very proud. A decade ago at the World Federation of Building Service Contractors, Curitiba, 2012, Toni presented a paper underscoring the need for hygiene to be measured as part of GDP (see a short summary below). SELF.Y: your new smart collaborative cleaning partner!
Designed to support an extremely simple and safe collaboration between the floor scrubber and its user, SELF.Y is a collaborative cleaning machine that combines performance and productivity to take your cleaning operations to the next level. Thanks to its simple and intuitive interface and touch screen display, it is extremely easy to set up: Even beginners, who don't have coding skills, can teach SELF.Y its cleaning tasks. College campus uses antimicrobial surface coating from AggreCoat Silver with Polygiene BioMaster
The coating, AggreCoat Silver, has been independently tested and shown to be effective at reducing microbial levels on a surface. When tested to ISO 21702:2019, it showed a reduction in SARS-CoV-2 on the surface of >82% after six hours and >95% after 24 hours when compared to a control. (SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes Covid-19). Former intern Craig Bowman becomes Kimberly-Clark Professional’s general manager, UK & Ireland
Craig, 34, has held roles in sales and marketing for Kimberly-Clark Professional in the UK as well as Dubai, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East in the last 14 years. He returned to the UK in February for the first time since the start of the pandemic after a two-year stint as general manager in Israel.  Celebrating World Food Safety Day
Food safety affects everyone without exception. From production to packaging and transportation to retail, cooks and chefs all the way to the end consumer, no-one is untouched by the need to uphold good food safety standards. Indeed, every single one of us is a consumer so we all have an interest in the ensuring good levels of food hygiene. In 2018, the World Health Organization launched Food Safety Day which is held each year on 7th June to raise awareness of food safety and to 'inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks'.  Vantage helps facilities managers create a safe environment that meets workers' needs
Vantage uses patented, pulsed xenon UV light technology to kill pathogens both in the air and on surfaces. It is currently in use in many high-traffic indoor environments including schools, hospitals, restaurants, offices, fitness centres, warehouses and residences. Talented employees reach lofty heights
Jubilee Tea to kick-start the Bank Holiday
Clean space, clean mind: the importance of workspace hygiene
“Cleanliness, in every walk of life, is now at the forefront of our thinking. Whether at home or in public, hygiene and taking pride in the spaces that we occupy has never been so prevalent in our minds. But it is in professional capacities where we seem to forget about maintaining these same high standards.... Cintas Canada opens polls for 2022 Canada's Best Restroom contest
The Canada's Best Restroom contest highlights businesses that have invested in developing and maintaining exceptional washrooms. "We're proud to recognise these five finalists for investing in clean and memorable washrooms," says Candice Raynsford, marketing manager, Cintas Canada. "The public can show their support for these businesses by voting in the contest." CHSA members and guests raise approximately £5,000 for Grief Encounter
Grief Encounter supports bereaved children and their families to help alleviate the pain caused by the death of someone close. 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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