Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 19th December 2019 Issue no. 899
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Refresh Foam Soaps: choose your fragrance or go fragrance-free
ISSA Awards 2019 Innovation of the Year
Interclean Amsterdam shares the top cleaning and hygiene trends for 2020
Mirius concentrates on the environment with new Eco Select Cleaners
Vaclensa introduces vacuum cleaner made from recycled plastics
Factory Cat/ Tomcat parent announces tech-partnership with Brain Corp
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I was chatting to the British Toilet Association's Ray Martin at the London Cleaning Show in the Spring and he reminded me that the Association was celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. As someone who'd been a flag flyer for the public toilet movement for many years, I was delighted to serve on the original Council and far from 'knowing it all', I learnt a lot about the technicalities involved in designing appropriate facilities and keeping them safe and hygienic whilst complying with regulations, as well as the extra problems faced by the disabled and the elderly. It didn't take me long to realise that we were facing a huge battle in not only trying to improve public toilet provision for all but also in persuading local authorities that there are important benefits to be had from providing decent public toilets around the clock and that any benefits of permanently closing facilities and selling them to housing developers are short-lived. Congratulations to the BTA then for all the good work it's continued to do over the last couple of decades! My interest in toilets is obviously well known, since news of a new design of toilet seat has come at me from all angles this week and I posted a link on our Facebook page a couple of days ago while I investigated it. If you haven't come across the news yet, you can read more below, but in a nutshell, it's regarding a toilet seat that has been designed to slope downwards at an angle with a view to both improving the health of the user along with reducing the cost to employers of paying staff to misuse the toilet during working hours, by making the process more uncomfortable. When I say 'misuse' I don't mean graffiti and other vandalism but am referring to those who use their toilet breaks to sit and text friends and family, surf the Web or spend time on social media. I've had a long chat with Ray Martin about some obvious benefits of the design that escaped me at first glance and will be running an article on the concept in January. In the meantime, I'd love to know what you think about it! This is our last issue of Cleanzine before the holidays so let me wish you a safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year. We'll be back on 9th January.
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         This Week's News
Tilted toilet seat aims to improve business efficiency
Standard Toilet says its new toilet design can help increase business efficiency and profits through reductions in social media usage and reduced time spent texting during office hours, by encouraging staff to spend less time sat on the toilet. Another advantage is, potentially, reduced queuing for public facilities, such as in commercial shopping malls and train stations. Brexit planning: consider your commercial contracts
In the wake of the recent election result which saw the Conservatives gain a large majority in the House of Commons, prime minister Boris Johnson has again promised to deliver Brexit and in his words, "get Brexit done". The current state of healthcare hygiene
Healthcare Cleaning Forum - the secret epidemic of HCAIS
HCAIs are - and remain - a huge problem for healthcare organisations. The European Centre for Disease Prevention & Control estimates that 4.5million HCAIs occur in Europe's hospitals every year. This means that, on any given day, one in every 15 hospital patients has an HCAI. CSC 2020 Opens Registration: invitation to go 'Beyond Green'
Themed ‘Beyond Green’, the fourth edition of the popular event takes place 7th and 8th April at the Delta Toronto Airport Conference Centre in Toronto, Canada. Internal senior management promotions reinforce Truvox's focus on innovation
Malcolm Eneas (pictured, below right) takes on the role of operations director, responsible for ensuring processes and procedures to deliver growth, whilst reflecting the company ethos. Bio-D leads global drive to eliminate plastic pollution
As part of the commitment, companies across the world pledged to use an average of 25% recycled content in their plastic packaging by 2025. Christeyns welcomes new managing director
As managing director Neil will be responsible for delivering the business strategy for Clover Chemicals and Christeyns Food Hygiene. Both companies are experts in their fields, manufacturing hygiene solutions for a range of industries across the UK and Ireland. Strong early interest in next year's Manchester Cleaning Show
The north of England's largest cleaning and hygiene event returns to Event City in Trafford, Greater Manchester, on 25 and 26 March 2020 and is free for delegates to attend. Blue King launching without trigger guard to satisfy user demand
It is, effectively, a guardless version of Akbo's popular Blue King washdown gun, which was launched two years ago. Celebrity host announced for 2020 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards
Also confirmed as announcer and compere after his success at the 2018 event, is Roger Tilling. American Cleaning Institute announces promotions for three team members
Dr James Kim, previously associate vice president, Science & Regulatory Affairs, is now the vice president, Science & Regulatory Affairs. Late last year ACI announced that Dr Kim would lead the department following the departure of Richard Sedlak, who retired as executive vice president, Technical & International Affairs after 42 years at ACI. 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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