Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 25th November 2021 Issue no. 994
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New Hi-Genic mousepad features Polygiene ViralOff to provide hygienic protection
RAS supports first preschool under the Happy Toilets at Preschools Projects Grant
ICE - Autonomous cleaning and sustainability solutions
New strategic partnership will expand US distribution of odour control range
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The original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Cleaners – quite rightly - have come in for some much-deserved praise over the past couple of years, but recent stories have shown that it will never always be plain sailing in our industry…
It’s not the first time that this kind of thing has happened, but the latest bout of, perhaps, over-zealous cleaning, came courtesy of a team in Cardiff, Wales, who mistakenly removed popular street art that had been commissioned to celebrate diversity. Painted by three female artists - including Turner Prize nominee Beth Blandford - it had beautifully covered 11 concrete pillars in the city centre and had taken inspiration from feminism, black women, afro hair and the Bajan community. In a statement to www.walesonline.co.uk, project organiser PWSH said everyone was "absolutely devastated" that the artworks had been removed, before alluding to “some sort of city centre cleansing team miscommunication”. Commissioner ‘FOR Cardiff’ apologised and said: "We were made aware that due to a devastating error involving our cleansing contractor, the beautiful artworks on the pillars in the area have been removed. We offer our sincere and heartfelt apology to the talented artists who took the opportunity to brighten up Cardiff and contribute to its vibrant and exciting culture through their artworks and we're simply gutted for them. It was an honest mistake but unfortunately not one that can be rectified…” The week before last, cleaning crews caused a major power outage which disrupted operations at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in the USA, causing long delays and cancellations involving more than 100 flights. Airport officials said the outage was caused by water damage which also took out the international airport's backup generator. While I’m not party to why these accidents happened, I wonder whether the Cardiff cleaning crew thought to ask about the artwork before starting to remove it? Perhaps they did, but were unable to contact someone in authority and took the decision upon themselves? With regard to the water damage at the airport, I’m unfortunately well aware of how much damage can be done by someone being careless, distracted or insufficiently trained for the task in hand – or perhaps someone who’s simply feeling unwell – since my daughter Melissa cleaned her washing machine filter last evening and neglected to fit it back in securely before attempting to do her washing. She wasn’t around to see the water flowing out and the machine just kept on filling… Oh, the mess!
Yours,
      This Week's News
Taking a proactive approach to virus sanitisation this festive season
Here, Zac Hemming, managing director of ICE Cleaning, explores how businesses can successfully accommodate the influx in customers, whilst keeping them and their employees safe through the implementation of dedicated sanitisation programmes that provide the highest standards of protection, with minimum disruption… ISSA Show North America celebrates Innovation Awards winners
"While this past year has been an especially challenging one for the cleaning industry, it has also presented opportunities to innovate and overcome obstacles," says ISSA Board President Steve Lewis. Embracing the Future - Interclean Amsterdam
Attracting more than 35,000 professionals from across 143 countries, the 2018 event was a truly international affair. The 2022 show will be no different, bringing the industry together to celebrate the best of cleaning innovation. The smart cleaning tools every kitchen needs
Kitchen utensils and surfaces are exposed to microorganisms from many sources, including raw meat, contaminated packaging and unwashed hands. It's therefore common sense to maintain regular and thorough cleaning practices in and around the kitchen environment. But what if cleaning tools themselves are acting as vectors of contamination? Robert Scott launches new Ecofibre range
The Ecofibre cloth offers the cleaning power of traditional microfibre, with the added environmental benefit of using recycled plastic bottles in its production. Each cloth is made from 55% recycled plastic, with two recycled bottles in each Ecofibre cloth. BSCAI announces 2021 Clean Award recipients
Recipients - ranging from new members to business leadership - were recognised at the BSCAI 2021 Contacting Success Conference held last week in Las Vegas. The winners were chosen by the BSCAI Awards Committee made up of 11 individuals from member companies. New partnership to develop waste plastic recycling and circular-fuel production facilities
The first Clean Planet USA ecoPlant is under development at FTAI's Repauno Port & Rail Terminal in Gibbstown, New Jersey. Christeyns Food Hygiene wins Company of the Year Award at the SOFHT Awards 2021
SOFHT is an independent consortium of food industry specialists set up to keep members advised of the current hygiene and technology issues through the provision of technical support, training and topical information as well as a vital forum for networking and sharing best practice across the entire food chain. Ladder Association embarks on Ladder Surveillance Survey to root out dangerous ladders
This is to investigate the conformity of ladders with product standard EN 131 in the supply chain and address ongoing concerns with the availability and use of substandard and potentially dangerous ladders on the market. 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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Our weekly updated Hospital Hygiene features current developments and product solutions cleaning and hygiene industry manufacturers are coming up with. Read More. Recent UK News
The UK's largest and most important event in the cleaning & hygiene sector, The Cleaning Show, welcomed more than 4,600 visitors through its doors when it made its triumphant return to London early this month. It marked the industry's first physical event since the UK's national lockdown was lifted, coming at a critical time as cleaning lands high on the agenda of businesses across the country. WCEC launches Chartered Practitioners' Register to entire cleaning industry at Cleaning Show 2021
Terry Burrows retains window cleaning crown
Industry leaders delighted as apprenticeships bid clears first hurdle
'Severe' cleaning & hygiene staff shortages could hit Covid-19 recovery, warns industry body
Nielsen puts shine on new International Training Centre with £100K investment
Guaranteeing health and hygiene for RSPCA
Keep Britain Tidy's Ocean Recovery Project collects a record 1,000+ broken bodyboards
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