Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 9th October 2025 Issue no. 1181
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 International News
Products Bigger, busier, better, Berlin's CMS exceeds all expectations
Hospitals combat rise in ‘nightmare bacteria’ with LightStrike UV technology
Mitsui Chemicals partners Plastify to clean Singapore’s Coney Island beach
Sellars celebrates Manufacturing Month and 40th Anniversary with ‘I Spy’ challenge
ISS and COWI enter new international partnership
Benedictine College marks another entry into higher education for CCS Facility Services
90 years of making a difference: Kärcher's commitment to giving back
Emcor Group to sell Emcor UK to OCS Group UK
i-team Global launches range of plant-based cleaning agents and skincare products
Tennant X4 ROVR to be manufactured in Europe for the first time
Sofidel awarded EcoVadis ESG rating platinum medal
ECHA updates proposal to restrict PFAS under REACH
Automotive upholstery cleaning market to hit $12.2bn by 2033
ISSA VEO Conference: A celebration of Latino power and recognition
2Pure Products’ new OdorBac Toilet & Scale delivers ultimate cleanliness and shine
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Welcome to the Cleanzine
When out and about, I always accompany whoever I’m with on their washroom visits, so I can look around and learn about the facilities. How clean are they? Whose equipment and consumables are being used and are they any good? What’s missing that should be there? It’s something I’ve done for years, and as an ex-guest Loo of the Year Awards judge, I know what to look for! As you’re probably aware, my main grouse is how facilities are treated by the public. 'Leave them as you’d wish to find them is, sadly, missing from many people’s radar. I can’t imagine how others can leave a cubicle without first having flushed, or who’ve wet the seat (or worse!) or dropped toilet tissue on the floor and left it for others to clean up.
I also hate lid-less toilets. I realise there’s a consensus, thanks to new research, that says shutting the lid doesn’t prevent faecal matter etc from whooshing around the room, but I know from experience - and testing - that in some cases flushing in itself can leave the seat wet. Yes I realise there’s less to clean if there isn’t a lid and that this cuts both hardware and cleaning costs, but if users then choose to use toilet tissue either to wipe the seat dry, or to cover the seat with a protective layer of tissue prior to use, then that’s an extra cost in itself, and a practice which leads to longer queuing times and potentially bad reviews.
The instant high volume of many modern warm air hand dryers is dangerous in my view. It can create excruciating ongoing pain to those suffering from tinnitus, hyperacusis and the like along with further irreparable damage. I know folk suffering from these painful conditions and am quick to exit noisy washrooms, drying my newly washed hands on my clothes as I go, so my ears don’t become damaged too.
One of this week’s news items covers ‘the unusable restroom’. When I came across the concept yesterday, I thought: “Why hasn’t anyone done this before?”. Of course it may have been done and has somehow passed me by, but either way... In a nutshell those involved have launched a campaign to spotlight what they refer to as ‘hidden barriers to hygiene’ in washrooms, based on pretty comprehensive research carried out in several countries. The results show that these ‘barriers’ impact more than 50% of people every day – a number that’s surprised me and shown me how ignorant I’ve been over the issues so many people who appear to be just as healthy as me, have to suffer, when using a washroom. The campaign’s organisers designed an experiential, non-inclusive washroom reflecting their research results and filmed users’ reactions, to help get the point across to the rest of us. We’ve long known that a business’s success or failure can depend upon the quality or poor state of its washrooms. This campaign takes the concept to another level entirely…
This Week's News
Service robots see global growth boom: cleaning robots show highest growth
Staff shortages were considered to be a key driver for companies to use robots designed for trained professionals. BSCAI announces 2025 Clean Awards and Scholarship recipients
Each year, BSCAI acknowledges and celebrates the achievements of individuals and companies within the industry and recognises their contributions to our organisation and the industry as a whole.  The unusable washroom - Tork and Publicis London spotlight barriers to inclusive hygiene
To bring the reality of these challenges to life and showcase the need for more inclusive hygiene in public washrooms, Publicis London and Tork drew on new global research to design an experiential, non-inclusive washroom which reveals the barriers to inclusive hygiene faced by many people. Navigate modern cleaning challenges with help from Tennant's free webinar series
The series will bring together Tennant experts and real-world customer examples to demystify the latest trends shaping professional cleaning - from labour shortages and sustainability pressures to the practical realities of adopting autonomous floorcare machines.  Several first-timers to exhibit at Manchester Cleaning Show 2026 As the UK's second-largest cleaning industry event (after its flagship London Cleaning Show), the Manchester Cleaning Show will be welcoming an impressive line-up of first-time exhibitors in 2026, demonstrating the show's expanding reach and appeal. Currently, the organisers are expecting more than 2,500 attendees across two days of intensive product sourcing, live demonstrations, industry education and valuable networking opportunities. Minnisota State Park has far more than ‘the bear necessities’ says Cintas
The state park has earned a prize package that includes a Cintas UltraClean washroom cleaning service, $2,500 in Cintas products and services for washroom cleaning or facilities management and an honoured place in America's Best Restroom Hall of Fame.  Comac Deutschland: a new subsidiary, a new beginning
The operational headquarters are located in Gersthofen, where a team of six professionals is already active in providing commercial and technical support to customers and partners. Excellence, determination and dedication at Environmental Cleaners Military Awards 2025
The Environmental Cleaners welcomed 160 guests, including cadets with families, over 20 senior military representatives, and civic leaders such as past Lord Mayor Sir Michael Bear, the Master Pavior, and the Master Joiner Ceiler.  A new chapter for Wecovi: sustainable growth with LH Reijnen Holding
The current management, with Henk Toering as managing director and Remco van der Weide as financial director, will remain at the helm. SBFM extends partnership with PureGym
This renewal is one of SBFM's recent contract extensions with clients in the leisure, hospitality and retail sectors.  Sodexo celebrates 600-plus colleagues reaching long service milestones
In total over 600 colleagues hit their career milestone in 2024 and 2025 with the largest cohort celebrating 20 years of service. For others it has been longer, with around 100 having reached 30 years, 25 celebrating 40 years and three having been part of the Sodexo family for half a century. 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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