Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 8th September 2016 Issue no. 738
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Products Sustainable Cleaning Products Summit to tackle impacts
Bacteria at universities... but not as you know it!
Cleaning Products US 2016 Returns to Washington DC for the 10th Anniversary Edition
Truck-mount power in portable package: Endeavor tops international sales for Prochem Europe
Study reveals innovations in self-cleaning surfaces positively impact jansan industry
Global food safety firm NSF International and Euro Consultants Group join forces Global food safety auditing, training and consulting organisation NSF International, has completed the acquisition of Euro Consultants Group, the Wavre, Belgium-based food safety and quality service company. Graffiti gone with Greyland chemicals
ISSA/Interclean Istanbul postponed RAI Amsterdam, ISSA and local partner UBM, have announced that the ISSA/Interclean Istanbul exhibition, originally scheduled for 7th - 9th September 2016, has been moved to 18th - 20th October, 2017. After careful deliberation the organisation has made the decision to postpone the event, citing rising concerns from exhibitors and visitors regarding travel in and out of the country as the chief motive. Australia's contractors continue to embarrass themselves
A great initiative brings recycling to more public parks
Microban relaunches global textiles division this month
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! I’d thought there may be trouble ahead some time ago, when in carrying out research, I realised that several councils were considering ways of cutting back on the costs of running their civic amenity tips. A subsequent questionnaire from my local county council – Surrey, made me realise that this was probably a national initiative. I was pleased we were being asked (as were local residents in other parts of the country) for our input on cost-cutting options and I wrote about it in Cleanzine. What I didn’t expect was to be flummoxed at the ridiculous solution that (apparently) my neighbours came up with… Cutting the tip’s opening hours so it’s closed every evening at 16:00 and allowing each household to freely unload just one bag of waste on each visit! I kid you not! What’s going to happen to the potentially recyclable waste produced by households whose adults are at their workplaces until 17:00 (the ‘norm’ in this country)? Will these people now spend great chunks of their Saturdays, queuing with others who work throughout the week, to unload just one bag of waste, only to perhaps have to queue again on Sunday, so they can unload a second bag? We’re talking here about an amenity tip at which a man died a few years back following an altercation caused by queue jumping – and this was when the tip was open until 20:00 during Summer (apart from Sundays) so I’m not exaggerating about the queues! No – what these previously recycling-conscientious householders are going to start doing, is slipping things into their waste bins that they would normally have recycled, because their local council has simply made it too difficult to ‘do the right thing’. I know this to be the case because I’ve done it myself – and I’m not a reluctant recycler but a recycling ‘nut’ who’s been recycling, through choice, for decades. So – extra things in the general waste and thus more to landfill – plus, no doubt, more fly-tipping… leading to higher costs for waste removal, waste sorting and landfill taxes and thus probably no savings at all. Not to mention the extra pollution caused by all those cars queuing for the tip more frequently, with things that can’t be slipped into the general waste bin… Waste – and what to do with it – is a global problem. What works (or doesn’t work) in your neck of the woods please? experiences of them. 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
ACI issues statement on FDA's antibacterial soaps ruling The American Cleaning Institute released the following statement in response to a final rule issued by the US Food and Drug Administration concerning consumer antibacterial soaps and washes: "Consumer antibacterial soaps and washes continue to be safe and effective products for millions of people every single day. Antibacterial soaps are critical to public health because of the importance hand hygiene plays in the prevention of infection. Washing the hands with an antiseptic soap can help reduce the risk of infection beyond that provided by washing with non-antibacterial soap and water." ISS Finland takes part in the show 'Undercover Boss Finland'
Hong Kong high rise window cleaning deaths spark protest
"For us it's hard to say 'no', when employers ask us to clean windows, but it's scary," said Dolores Balladares, a spokeswoman for the Asian Migrants' Coordinating Body. "It's about time for the government to protect the workers." How to cut budgets and improve hospital infection control
Everyone accepts that a high standard of hygiene is an essential primary preventative measure in the fight against infection. The patient environment and high count touch surfaces are recognised as reservoirs of contamination. However, cleaning is often considered a low skilled task and a burdensome on-cost that is often treated as a soft target for cost cutting, which can be subsequently prove to be a false economy. UK Bank holiday's biggest clean-up
The Council's contractors, Suez, had over 200 people working into the early hours of Monday and Tuesday, in an operation involving more than 30 refuse trucks and mechanical sweepers. The team even used a large motorway vehicle to wash down the roads. The clean-up finished at 03:00 on Tuesday 1st September. Bunzl makes further acquisitions in Canada and Hungary Bunzl has completed two further acquisitions in Canada and has entered into an agreement to acquire a business in Hungary. Plus II Sanitation Supplies, which is based in Montreal, is principally engaged in the supply of a broad range of cleaning & hygiene related products to distributors serving the janitorial, foodservice and industrial sectors across Canada. Revenue in 2015 was C$32 million. Xenex germ-zapping robots help Norman Regional enhance patient safety
TCFM now part of the Colonel's secret recipe at KFC
The team from TC Specialist Services will ensure that the standards of appearance to the external of each restaurant and Drive-Thru will help to create a welcoming, fresh and engaging environment for customers of all ages.
The iVo Duo contains two complete kits of the most popular iVo tools launched - the iVo PowerBrush and the iVo XL Contractors Kit. New crevice scrub from Vikan improves detail cleaning of floors
Featuring a V-shaped filament pattern with differentiated filament thicknesses, a swivel system for ergonomic cleaning under tables and equipment, and a clip fit handle for hygienic cleaning of the brush and handle, the new Crevice Brush is designed for high-efficacy detail cleaning of hard-to-clean floor areas, with excellent ergonomics and hygienic cleaning subsequent to use. Benefits include: Working at height specialism lands CAM an Olympic-sized challenge
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