Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 27th January 2022 Issue no. 1001
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Products ACI CEO Melissa Hockstad named vice chair of Council of Manufacturing Associations
 Polygiene acquires business related to SteriTouch
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ACI Convention to tackle important industry issues
Vitalacy adds SmartBadge to hand hygiene monitoring portfolio
New robot does more than just clean beaches
Global health & hygiene market growth forecast to 2025 now available
ACI mourns loss of former ACI board member and Distinguished Service Award winner Dale Steichen
Planet-saving systems dispense sugarcane & bamboo consumables
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The original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Trying to maintain my Covid weight loss and my daughter trying to lose her work from home weight gain, we rise extra early every weekday to take a brisk walk to the station to collect a newspaper before returning through the park. It makes a great start to the day – particularly with the spectacular early morning sunrises we’ve been enjoying and the crunch of the icy grass underfoot. This morning, when we returned to the busy streets, we came across the refuse collectors cheerfully going about their work, throwing smiles and ‘Good mornings’ to everyone they passed. It occurred to us that while we relish being out and about as the sun’s just rising, throwing a silvery sparkle across the ground and reddening the trees, it must take a lot to be cheerful working in this environment every day with strict deadlines to meet, dodging slow moving vehicles and enduring impatient toots and shouts from drivers being held up or forced to brake. Then there’s the rain and wind to contend with on less idyllic days. I write this at 08:00 and my car’s still thick with ice. I’m wondering whose job it is to be first in the refuse lorry, when it’s cold, possibly wet inside with condensation and the windscreen covered in ice. Is it done on a rota, or does the newest member of the team draw the short straw? Are the windscreens sprayed with de-icer or is the ice removed manually, as mine is? Then there’s ‘Ratty Monday’… Apparently, refuse collectors dread Monday mornings more than the rest of us do, as they have to deal with overfilled commercial bins in which rats have had the chance to settle relatively undisturbed over the weekend. “When we go to empty a bin on a Monday, there’s a stream of rats running to safety,” one collector told BusinessWaste.co.uk “It’s really bad if it’s a food store or a restaurant, and the lids haven’t been secured. We club the bins with a big stick, then give the rats time to run away. It’s terrifying.” Waste collector Divert.co.uk reveals that everyone’s afraid of being bitten, saying: “Our teams go into action with trousers tucked into boots and sleeve cuffs done up tight. But that’s still no guarantee.” Bins have lids for a reason. What a shame those who overfill their bins so the lids won’t shut, don’t have a big stick of their own to contend with… A fine from the local council! Our refuse collectors don’t have the easiest job and careless businesses and residents shouldn’t be allowed to make it worse.
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Strong demand for disinfectants and industrial preservation leads to expansion
The speciality chemicals company has invested a single-digit million euro amount for the expansion, which will be completed in the first quarter of 2022. Diversey strengthens presence in Europe with accretive acquisition of UK’s Shorrock Trichem
"This acquisition strengthens our position in the UK, one of our key geographies,” explains Phil Wieland, CEO of Diversey. “The combination of our businesses will allow us to offer a broader range of products, solutions and services to both our distributors and direct customers. I am pleased to welcome Shorrock's 240 experienced colleagues to Diversey and I am proud that this great, family-owned business saw Diversey as the right home for its people and its next phase of growth.”  Hako's new vacuum cleaner range boasts efficient cleaning with optimum suction power
Comprising six wet and dry vacuums, Hako offers a new, powerful Cleanserv vacuum programme for a wide range of cleaning tasks.  Jangro achieves Planet Mark certification
Over the next year, Jangro will be working towards strengthening its reduction of carbon emissions and sharing its journey of continuous improvement to inspire others. It is also measuring its social value contributions, which refers to the net social and environmental benefits generated by its team. Christeyns Food Hygiene introduces Leadership Training Programme
Already an accredited Hygiene Training provider with courses online and on site, the Warrington-based specialist has this month launched its First Steps to Successful Leadership programme designed to support companies in developing their staff throughout the business and to equip them with the necessary skills to successfully lead and manage their teams. Construction and property services company Wates Group slashes water use with Propelair toilets
Since replacing its standard toilets with Propelair's water-efficient toilet in May 2016, the company has improved its Leatherhead building's efficiency and significantly reduced its overall water usage, by around 5.3 million litres each year - equivalent to filling a bathtub 51 times every single day of the year. Grief Encounter named as the CHSA's Charity for 2022
Around 45,000 children experience the death of a parent or sibling in the UK every year, with an additional 10,000 children having experienced bereavement as a direct result of Covid-19 in 2021. 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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