Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 11th January 2018 Issue no. 804
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 International News
Products Sustainable Cleaning Products Summit highlights key industry concerns
RPC bpi recycled products wins environmental award
ISS extends partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise
New LB4 Superleggera: the backpack vacuum cleaner which offers so much more...
Manufacturer Lindhaus tells us: "No other vacuum cleaner includes the backpack (standard), the canister, the carpet cleaner and blower (optional) functions." Interclean Amsterdam expands again to add 'On-Premise-Laundry' section
Diversey to acquire Twister, Swedish manufacturer of diamond cleaning pads
Singaporean cleaning & waste management sectors to be transformed
NSS launches ISSA Innovation Award winning eForce scrubber with joystick control
Greyland's colourful new Premier Range cleans to the Maximum!
IICRC Calls for S400 non-voting section committee volunteers
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My 'epiphany moment' came some years back during BBC 'Question Time', when an audience member tackled prime minister Tony Blair about his promise to reduce to less than 24hrs, the time we had to wait to see our GP. Blair had thought that - as his figures showed that waiting lists had been cut beyond all recognition - surgeries had found a way to squeeze more of us in. I'll never forget the look on his face as he learned how surgeries had got around the ban... How instead of booking us in for the next available slot if they were full that day, they told us to call back next morning when surgery opened, as they could only make appointments 'on the day'. You could see him picturing the nation's sick hauling themselves out of bed every morning to take part in long drawn out telephone queuing systems, only for many to receive the same message and have to go through the same process the following day. Seeing the penny drop for Blair, made me realise that the Government doesn't really think things through properly! In this case, the long waiting times to see a GP were caused by there being insufficient GPs for the number of sick people needing medical help. Nobody in Government had really stopped to consider this; they'd believed that introducing a new rule would solve the problem. It doesn't really work like that though does it? I understand that another ill-thought-out measure is being announced by the Prime Minister later today; this one part of several measures designed to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042. Building on Tuesday's world-leading ban on the manufacture of products containing microbeads, the Government is to extend the 5p carrier bag charge to all retailers in England, inject funding into plastics innovation and - to encourage industry to take responsibility for the environmental impacts of their products and make them easier to recycle - look at how the tax system or charges could further reduce the amount of waste we create. So far, so good... The part that concerns me? The idea that the introduction of plastic-free aisles in supermarkets (to give consumers the choice to make greener decisions) is actually viable... Most supermarkets are already too large. Three hours spent shopping is three hours wasted and the idea of having somewhere else to look for what I need, fills me with dread... 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
NHS office staff tell how they volunteered to help cleaning colleagues
Paul (pictured with Gillian Mathie (left) and Laura Dempster), was one of many office-based staff who put their day jobs to one side to help out as Lanarkshire's hospitals managed unprecedented numbers of patients needing care for winter illnesses. Why you should consider cleaning as a factor in personal liability claims
Start 2018 with five ways to future-proof your business
Ron Segura, president of Segura Associates, one of the industry's leading cleaning consultants working with both cleaning contractors and facilities managers in North America and also internationally, says to deal with these changes, we must take steps now to 'future-proof' our businesses. Here explains how... UN accreditation for Vision Gelpack's clinical waste range
SWC and ARL merge to provide wide range of specialist services nationwide
The move provides customers with greater access to a wide range of specialist window cleaning services and expertise under one roof with a national reach.
Featuring Zero3, Tomcat's unique on board & on demand aqueous ozone system, the scrubber driers where selected not only on their performance but - and equally as important - sustainability. RAS launches SaniGives: 'Buy * Give * Help'
* Buy products and services from fundraising partners Sodexo and Huawei sign global partnership agreement
Huawei has upcoming IFM projects totaling US$400 million. The partnership represents a robust boost to the existing relationship between the two companies, which began in 2013 and currently covers 12 countries and four continents. At Your Service Cleaning Group provides additional layer of protection against germs
The Clorox Total 360 System offers superior surface coverage in even the hardest-to-reach places including the sides, underside and backside of surfaces, which are typically hot spots for bacteria and viruses. Nviro, Mountjoy and Pabulum directors agree MBO of parent company, Quarr Group
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