Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 26th October 2017 Issue no. 795
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 International News
Products Global Health leader to launch interactive exhibit dedicated to health and hygiene
A fresh approach to water system management
RAS certifies Far East malls under the star-rated Happy Toilet Programme for first time
Maintaining aerosols: Best practice goes beyond product selection
Gojo Introduces tough, sustainable heavy-duty hand cleaner
Born again - thanks to Kärcher
Kimberly-Clark Professional joins CABA board to advance intelligent building discussions Kimberly-Clark Professional has joined the Continental Automated Buildings Association's (CABA) board of directors. CABA is a trade association that promotes advanced technologies for integrated systems and the automation of homes and buildings. Bridging the gap between cleaning the environment and infection prevention & control
Building One FS "first in Connecticut" to offer innovative germ-fighting electrostatic system
Ettore: Three glass cleaners working with one machine
Three people can work simultaneously with this stainless steel machine, one with the chemicals and the other two with the water." |
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! A cleaner has featured prominently in the press this week for all the wrong reasons... 36-year-old Natalia Nemets, who lived in Russia, was cleaning a tank at the Slavyanka confectionary factory, when for some reason or other it suddenly filled with molten caramel, which is said to have boiled her alive. Of course, there are many deaths of cleaners that don't make the news... I often receive information on cleaners - mainly in Asia, who die in the course of their work. Generally this involves tank cleaning of some sort and most of the time it's where the cleaners have been overcome by fumes. Often this type of accident involves multiple deaths because the workmates of those who've lost consciousness, rush inside to drag them to safety, only to be overcome by the same fumes themselves. The reports into Natalia's death say that while her workmates rushed to help, they were unable to save her. It's very sad when people die whilst carrying out their work and I've acknowledged in these leaders before that many of us will take calculated risks in an attempt to make the job easier and get it done more quickly. I regularly overstretch myself on ladders, for example, rather than going to the effort of climbing down and moving the ladder nearer to where I'm working. We're effectively - without even realising it - making a rapid risk assessment and deciding that the odds are in our favour. It's something we learn to do from a very young age and it becomes second nature; for example, when we cross a road or pull out from a junction in our cars, we first carry out a simple risk assessment, don't we? When it comes to assessing the risks our actions are creating for others, it's a whole different matter though. I know many of us grumble about or poke fun at what may seem 'over the top' health & safety legislation in our countries, but when you consider what's at stake, perhaps it's not a bad thing to be zealous when it comes to assessing risk, and taking the safer route rather than deciding to cut corners. Perhaps many of us don't realise quite how lucky we are to work in countries or for organisations that consider workplace health & safety to be crucial, rather than a nuisance... Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
Yours,
         This Week's News
Nilfisk reaches a historical milestone and completes successful listing on the stock exchange
The CSSA relaunches its website and starts new membership drive
The relaunch comes after the Association's Open Evening in London that brought together contract cleaners and service providers from all across the UK. Rug Doctor modernising carpet cleaning business with innovation and technology, plus clever branding
The global name in do-it-yourself carpet cleaning, whose Plano headquarters employs nearly 100 people, is relaunching the rental business with its most significant innovation in its 45-year history. Shaping the Sustainability Agenda: Julius Rutherfoord to speak at high-level eco-summit
Chris will be talking about 'Sustainability in the professional cleaning sector', and how this benefits clients, on day two of the conference, at 09.45 in the Paris Marriott Champs Elysees Hotel. Morclean celebrates 40 years in the industry with a new product launch
Morclean's range of equipment now includes high pressure cleaners, floorcare equipment, specialist vacuums, hazardous and ATEX equipment, and of course a unique range of niche products that include water recovery and filtration, wash pads, and the company's flagship machine the award winning Morclean BinWash. International networking hub for Turkey and surrounding regions
Companies recognised at the European Paper Recycling Awards
In the Innovative Technologies and R&D Category, Second Prize went to Lucart spa for its 'Natural Project' - a Circular Economy model in the tissue sector that adds value to used beverage cartons by turning them into two new types of raw material. Contractor increases workforce visibility and boosts performance using Smarttask
Having hired 24 new staff over the past 12 months, the Pembrokeshire-based company adopted the system for proof of attendance and rota planning across 109 cleaners. This has enabled the company to dramatically improve productivity and staff engagement, while enhancing its business development capabilities. BIFM publishes new guidance for FM professionals on customer experience
The new Good Practice Guide, Customer Experience, takes a holistic look at the entirety of the interactions and experiences that a customer encounters, from beginning to end. Recycling company fined after a litter picker suffers life changing injuries A recycling company has been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £17,641.62, following a Health & Safety Executive investigation into a work incident in December 2014, in which a litter picker was struck by a shovel loader and suffered life changing injuries as a result. Those attending the hearing at Shrewsbury Crown Court last week, heard that the loading shovel driver initially thought he had just hit the wall and had not realised he had struck someone. The driver climbed down from the cab to check for damage and found the employee badly injured on the floor. Contemporary venue sector wins for Cleanology
Chief executive Dominic Ponniah describes the new contracts as thrilling, adding that the growing - and extremely versatile - venue sector reflected the entrepreneurial nature of the company. Recycling company fined £650,000 after reversing vehicle fatality Savanna Rags International Limited of Forest Road Mansfield pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Regulation 3(1) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and Regulation 17(1) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and was fined £650,000, after a worker was fatally injured by a reversing vehicle. In April 2016, a worker at the clothing and textile recycling company was fatally injured when she was struck by a reversing delivery vehicle. Securing students' interest in FM
"Education and training is an important part of professional development and I am keen to support people in my organisation, and the wider industry, to have successful careers," says Jan-Hein. "Our involvement with the university brings a number of benefits for everyone. Firm fined over car-park flytipping A Coventry firm has been ordered to pay out over £1,300 after waste was found dumped in a city car park. Magistrates heard that earlier this year, a quantity of waste was found on Wellington Street Car Park. Some of the waste carried an address of a restaurant in Longford Road, named Nashaa and the rest of the waste was consistent with commercial waste from such a premises. When Council officers investigated, they asked to see business waste documents and interviewed a director. They found the waste had been removed by an unknown carrier with no checks carried out and the restaurant could not say whether the firm was licensed. 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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The company's previous offices and production areas have served it well for many years. However, with increasing demand for its dispensing equipment and its growth and expansion plans, the time had come for a change. Principle retains Broadgate Estates Rowe portfolio
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Bain makes offer for Zenith Hygiene to expand Diversey in Europe Bain Capital Private Equity has this week announced that it has, through its investment in Diversey, reached agreement on the terms of a recommended final cash offer for Zenith Hygiene Group, the UK manufacturer of cleaning and hygiene chemicals and related products. Loo of the Year Awards judging commences
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Impact of outstanding FM recognised at the BIFM Awards
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BICSc Annual Awards 2017 - the winners
Hosted by BBC Broadcaster, Sally Bundock and supported by headline sponsor Citation as well as individual category sponsors, the event saw almost 200 guests in attendance celebrating the achievements of companies and individuals across the cleaning industry. We have mail: A solution to fatbergs...
Recent ISSA UK/IE member networking & education event first of its kind in UK
Recycle Week beach litter research reveals recycling on the go has room for improvement
Brexit and Beyond: environmental principles to guide a sustainable future
Soapbox: What is workforce management and why is it important to the Cleaning Industry?
"Workforce Management is a series of processes designed to help in the management of your staff. These processes are linked to HR, and are largely to do with the people who provide your service. This means your cleaning operatives. Bite-sized learning for busy cleaning operatives
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