Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 26th May 2016 Issue no. 725
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Products ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam 2016 - a resounding success
The Quirkies - introducing the Cleanzine quirky awards
Uniwipe expands cleaning range with UK wide launch
Known Cost Cleaning + outstanding results
Another carpet care product gains EnviroSeal certification
Praesidio: A new standard for touchless hand hygiene in public areas
Congratulations to ISSA/Interclean Amsterdam Innovation Award 2016 winners and finalists!
Award of CE Marking of Taski Intellibots brings hands-free cleaning to 33 European Countries
Connected Cleaning: Karcher focuses on digitalisation
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! I received a press release today from Resource Efficiency & Waste Management Solutions, highlighting a debate on the forthcoming EU referendum. The expert speaking on behalf of ‘Bremain’ discussed the improvements we have made in waste and recycling as a result of EU membership. Although I’m not suggesting that the speaker thinks this way, his words reminded me of how disturbed I am to think that people, in general, believe that if Britain left the EU, we would revert to the old ways of doing things – simply forgetting the progress we’ve made (and which we may have made anyway, whether we were members of the EU or not). I like to think that we’ve all learned and we’ve all improved – globally – over the past few decades and that we will all continue to do so. Of course, waste is an enormous problem and one that’s going to worsen as our planet’s population grows. We are making improvements but there’s a long way to go and with local councils all over the globe, having – in general – less money to spend, it’s going to get tougher. During the week I took some recyclables to my local council tip – normally open until 20:00 in Summer, only to be told – at just before 16:00 – that it was about to close. I knew local authorities were consulting with residents on ways to reduce costs by cutting these facilities’ opening hours, but find it odd that my fellow residents have opted for a 16:00 finish, rather than complete closure on one weekday. People have queued for almost two hours during busy periods and one resident died following an altercation resulting from a queue jumping incident. Closing before most people even get home from work and thus preventing a quick early evening trip to the dump is going to exacerbate the situation and lead to increased fly tipping and the mixing of recyclables with general waste – all of which will increase costs as well as landfill requirements. Landfill itself is a huge issue and a decades-long study in the Lazio region of Central Italy, on 242,409 residents within 5km of nine municipal waste landfills, has just concluded that exposure to landfills is associated with mortality from lung cancer and respiratory diseases and with hospitalisations for respiratory diseases, in both adults and children: www.ije.oxfordjournals.org Our move towards a circular economy just can't come soon enough, can it? 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
Expert warns of harmful microbeads in oceans
Dear CSSA Members and Industry Colleagues, We have been advised of the following by Philippa Rouse, Head of Illegal Migration, Identity Security & Enforcement from the Home Office's Immigration & Border Policy Directorate (IBPD): The Immigration Bill 2015, which had been introduced in Parliament in September 2015, has now received Royal Assent and will be known as the Immigration Act 2016. RayVio launches ultraviolet LEDS to facilitate clean water and environments
The technology facilitates the UV disinfection of water and environments by fostering a new generation of powerful and portable health and hygiene devices. GenEon's on-site disinfectant generating system awarded coveted EPA Registration Number
Arrow Solutions launches £1m international expansion plan
Focus on floors: cleaning the dance floor when the music is over
"The quality of the floor affects the number of patrons dancing on it, especially women, as they do not want to trip on the floor or have their nice shoes soiled by the floor," explains Sam Sameni, operating partner of a large Dallas dance club. Monthind Group takes staff numbers to over 1000 following Cambridge acquisition
Monthind will take over responsibility for all Atkins Gregory staff, contracts and its headquarters in Cambridge, while the business will continue to trade as Atkins Gregory. Regent Samsic boosts London market share with acquisition of JPC Cleaning
These facilities are headlined to include - and benefit - taxi ranks. TTUK notes that Taxi drivers are another mobile sector whose members, due to the nature of their work, find it very difficult to access toilets - thanks to both public toilet closures and a lack of parking. Delphis Eco awarded second Royal Warrant
The granting of this Royal Warrant reflects Buckingham Palace's commitment to sustainable initiatives, including the use of ecological cleaning products. Busman's holiday for Bournemouth window cleaner
All points of the compass and now underground too
Matthew Walker, originally from Intake, works for Executive Compass preparing bids and pre-qualification questionnaires for clients ranging from owner-managed businesses to multi-national companies, in such areas as cleaning and facilities manangement - amongst others. Kennedy Hygiene extension will increase efficiency and help protect Uckfield jobs
The manufacturer has lodged the application for its premises at Brookside with Wealden District Council and its statement says that the 600sq.m warehouse is planned for vacant land adjacent to the company's premises. 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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CSSA agree new board structure at spring meeting Price Bailey's Offices in Old Broad Street was the venue for the CSSA's first board meeting since relaunching in February. Members were invited to reconstitute the board of directors and executive management bodies, which has resulted in the CSSA now having one of the most experienced boards in the cleaning industry. Former BCC chairman and CEO of Principle Cleaning, Doug Cooke, returns as chairman, Bob Vincent, chairman of LCC Support Services, will be vice-chairman, and Mike Rutherford, Alba Victoria Cleaning & Support Services, is treasurer. BIFM asks you to make your views known The British Institute of Facilities Management wants to know if (and how) your organisation engages with the sustainability agenda. Are you aware of which teams take the lead; how the facilities management division contributes; and what metrics are used to report on the impact of sustainable business strategies? Energy efficiency research and development project worth £900,000 launches in Scotland
"And check out our latest blockbuster starring the GB1 on Youtube!" Historic tiled floors restored to 'good as new' condition
There is another option though. The team at Heritage Tiling aims to restore as many historic tiled floors and walls as it can, thus enabling the tiles to be viewed and enjoyed once more. You can't trust 'approximate'... Trust the CHSA Accreditation Scheme Marque
As well as auditing members the CHSA's Accreditation Schemes for Soft Tissue, Plastic Refuse Sacks and Industrial Cotton Mops, the CHSA's Independent Inspector, Martin Yates, also regularly spot checks non-member products. He is raising this issue after noticing a growing number of products labeled with only 'approximate' dimension, count and weight. New contract awards for Principle Cleaning
A contract with Barings Asset Management at 155 Bishopsgate London also started recently and is for an initial two-year contract. This prestigious well known investment bank with high profile client meeting and dining areas has tasked Principle Cleaning staff to provide daily cleaning including specialist periodic carpet cleaning and kitchen deep cleaning, as well as window cleaning in addition to housekeeping and porterage services. Hako strengthens its offer in key sectors with new strategic team
Concentrating on getting the most from your cleaning products
The use of controlled dosing technology to enable the end user to accurately dilute a chemical concentrate at the point of use, providing a ready-to-use cleaning or disinfecting solution, has the potential to dramatically transform the environmental, quality and safety standard of many of today's cleaning products - but most importantly in-use cleaning costs.
BPI Recycled Products' sites achieve 'Zero Waste to Landfill'
BPI Recycled Products' manufacturing sites gained ISO 14001:2004 accreditation for environmental management and each site put controls in place to reduce the amount of waste they were generating. Holchem celebrates record breaking production in 2015
The ongoing success of the company is set to continue throughout 2016 and, in response, it will be increasing its site with additional parking to cope with increased demand from both new and existing customers.
The trend to research a company, as well as its products and services online, prior to purchasing, is now a well-established practice. Recognising this, and the need to continually innovate within its business operations, Futures Supplies has now linked up with independent feedback provider Feefo as an efficient means of gathering genuine customer feedback to continually improve its customers' experiences. |
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