Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 21st December 2023 Issue no. 1094
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 International News
Products Amsterdam Innovation Awards now open for entries
Taking infection prevention from the clinics to the casinos
PathoSans honours Alliance Française de Chicago with In Good Company Award
Paladin Holdings acquires industrial and commercial cleaning chemicals manufacturer, Texize
Global Hospital Hygiene Management Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2032, now available
Last chance for nominations for second annual Education Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award
The Award provides managers and supervisors with an opportunity to recognise exceptional custodians who deliver a clean and hygienic environment for students, teachers and staff in K-12 schools, colleges and universities. Nominations are open through 15th December, 2023.
Company has its first taste of green glory
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino scored big with PathoSans sustainable, safe cleaning
‘Clean Means Business’: A guide for healthy workspaces
Brown boxes for Bullen to bring sustainability and cost-efficiency
GV Health to upgrade spill kits
* A new, 100% recycled cardboard scoop scraper, to replace the current plastic version |
Welcome to the Cleanzine
Welcome to the last issue of Cleanzine for 2023. This is by far the closest we’ve ever broadcast to Christmas itself over Cleanzine’s 21 years and as the celebrations are just around the corner with so many people excited over family reunions, special meals and the exchange of gifts, I can’t help my thoughts being drawn towards those who don’t have anyone to celebrate with or don’t have anywhere to celebrate because they’re long-term homeless or perhaps recently displaced.
My thoughts are also with those in the region that the man whose birth is being celebrated by Christians all over the world, spent his life. There has been conflict in that region over so many of the 2,000-plus years since then, but this year it’s escalated to the extent that real anger about it is running high all over the world – more so, in my view, than it has done over the ongoing war in Ukraine – and it’s in danger of escalating.
My view is that ordinary people like myself would never choose to go into battle with my neighbours. Wars are started by our leaders, aren’t they? But unlike in ancient times when our leaders tended to be at the head of the battle, it’s the ordinary folk who are sent to do the fighting and whose homes and lives are wrecked by the conflict.
Normally at this stage I wish you happy and safe holidays and this year, I’m going to share a song with you. It’s only a few minutes long but there’s an important story behind it and the words echo my wishes on life today, next year and beyond, for me and my loved ones and for you and yours, wherever you may be in the world and whichever side of the battle-lines our leaders have drawn, we may be on.
Today is Solstice Eve, when the longest, darkest night in the Northern Hemisphere is marked and people celebrate the growing of the light and new beginnings. More than ever this year I pray that these new beginnings bring peace to the world. Here’s the link to the song performed in three different languages by 3,000 people brought together by Koolulam, in Haifa, on 14th February 2018, before the world as we knew it, was turned upside down. They learnt the song and harmonies in around an hour and sing it with love and joy… echoing, I’m sure, the sentiments and dreams of ordinary people everywhere. May it lift your spirits too:
 This Week's News
Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship UK launches 1st January, 2024
The Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education (IfATE) has announced that the new Apprenticeship Standard for the whole of the cleaning & hygiene industry will go live on the first day of the new year.  WRAP helps councils digest incoming food waste collection regs
To help Local Authorities prepare for the collection of food waste from all households from March 2026, WRAP has worked with vehicle and container manufacturers to develop standardised specifications for specialist food waste collection vehicles, food waste containers and communal housing.  Birkin start the year on a high note!
 Innovation Lab conference opens delegate registrations
The event will welcome innovators, thought leaders and expert speakers from across the industry, promising to deliver a day of solution exploration, professional development and peer-to-peer networking - therefore challenging the status quo and providing tangible strategies that help future-proof organisations, especially as technology continues to evolve at an exponential rate.  We have mail: Public toilet expert responds to Leader on gender issues
That is a good article on concerns about the use of public toilets (read here). It is a very difficult situation particularly as there are accusations of discrimination and new design facilities which can make women - and some men - very uncomfortable as you state in your article. I'm all for updating facilities, but how to bring change is a hard one - especially for older people who are used to the way things are - and of course there's the expense, yet we all need loos when out and about!  Independent distributor association leader shares six success strategies
1. Focus on continuous improvement...  Dept of Education cleaners poised to strike for a living wage
The DfE cleaners have given their bosses until 8th January 2024 to reply. If there is no reply, members have instructed their trade union - United Voices of the World - to declare a dispute and issue a notice of intention to ballot for industrial action. Christeyns Professional Hygiene launches eco-friendly cleaning range
The nine products are produced, where possible, from primarily plant-based ingredients, where the environment is considered in all stages of the product cycle, using environmentally-friendly raw materials and sustainable formulations. Atlas continues its walk on the wild side at the Zoological Society of London
The five-year contract was awarded following a competitive tender process and includes an extensive seven-day cleaning service at London and Whipsnade Zoos, as well as hospitality events, retail, community education centres and offices. Sodexo Government division retains key public sector contracts
Continuing its long-standing partnership with Transport for London, Sodexo's 100-strong team will continue to provide catering services for employees of London Underground, the British Transport Police, the Metropolitan Police and London's bus drivers for a further two years. 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
SOAPBOX: Navigating Accountability: Who's to blame when PAT testing goes wrong?
Delphis Eco announces personalised carbon reports for customers, live from COP28
NHS chooses P-Wave to deliver blood in pee cancer warnings for men
The NHS has chosen P-Wave – a leading urinal products brand – to put the message “Blood in your pee? Contact your GP practice” on urinal mats in thousands of men’s toilets across the country. Pubs, restaurants, shops, hotels and sports stadiums will be among the public places using the lifesaving mats with men’s workplaces also targeted. Incoming CEO of ISS UK & Ireland will join Northern Europe and UK & Ireland Board
British office workers caught short when it comes to hand hygiene
Just the ticket! Northern Railway schedules in first-class cleaning that's chemical-free
Professional hygiene specialist set for growth as it rebrands
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