Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 14th March 2024 Issue no. 1105
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 International News
Products Amsterdam Innovation Awards 2024: The nominations are…
High-level event held to advance WASH standards in healthcare facilities
 WoolSafe-approved shampoo for rugs cuts cleaning costs
Chicopee launches first 100% recycled, disposable microfibre wipe
Truvox partners with i-Team to bring imop Lite and i-scrub 21B to UK
WFBSC's Global Executive Summit to reunite world's leading facility services contractor executives
Exclusive technology agreement will enhance robotic floor cleaning solutions
UMF|PerfectClean is APIC Strategic Partner for third year running
Gates' new clean master plus pressure wash hose can really pack a punch
Greenlion wins contract for post renovation cleaning of USPS facilities in New York
Genesis Biosciences joins consortium to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Under the leadership of Professor Jean-Yves Maillard of Cardiff University, the company will collaborate with the university and other European educational institutions on the research project. ISS renews full-service partnership agreement with Nordea
ISS has worked with Nordea since 1976. From 2012 onward, the company has delivered integrated facility management services. |
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If you're a regular reader of these Leaders you'll be familiar with my insistence that cleaning, done well, saves lives. Whenever I mention it though I tend to be talking about those on the frontline - the cleaners themselves - rather than any of the other people and processes involved, such as research, manufacturing, distribution, training etc.
John Austen and I, both currently 'in the wars' healthwise (which is why we're disappointed not to be up at the Manchester Cleaning Show this week) were discussing some worrying failings within our National Health Service, when a press release arrived which argued that facilities management and building services engineering will have a greater influence on worldwide human health & wellbeing than the medical and social care professions. It was actually headed up: "Building engineers will save more lives than doctors" and bearing in mind my conversation with John, I just couldn't ignore it. The message was that greater investment in building and facilities management would be more effective than medical treatment in reducing excess deaths related to respiratory, cardiovascular and mental health conditions. Interesting eh? The piece is below and I'd love your thoughts on the content and how perhaps the cleaning and FM industry could build on its arguments to gain more recognition for the crucial role we play in people's health & safety – and of course, more investment.
The Manchester Cleaning Show is, according to all reports, ‘buzzing’, with history having being made yesterday when Aliscia Burrows, daughter of Terry ‘Turbo’ Burrows - the current men's Guinness world record holder for fastest male window cleaner, beat the Guinness world record for fastest female window cleaner. I’ll be that took some practice – and some great coaching! If you’ve not yet been able to make it to the Show, today’s the final day and like yesterday, there’s a packed conference program as well as a wealth of new products and services to discover along with people to meet.
At this point, I'd normally write, "See you there," but sadly, this time I can't!
 This Week's News
Cleaning, hygiene & waste industry now in post-pandemic recovery, says newly-published research
The latest figures, published today (Wednesday 13 March), show that the industry contributes nearly £59.8 billion to the economy, after a dip following the start of the pandemic. The sector remains one of the 10 biggest sectors in the UK. Building engineers 'will save more lives than doctors'
Dr Philip Webb, chief executive of Respiratory Innovation Wales (RIW), told a technical briefing hosted in London by The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Patrons that the huge scale of the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) crisis meant that greater investment in building and facilities management would be more effective than medical treatment in reducing excess deaths related to respiratory, cardiovascular and mental health conditions.   Global Recycling Day: How could recycling benefit your business?
In October 2023, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) introduced changes to the way that waste and recycling is collected in the UK, aiming to increase, improve and standardise processes across the country for both households and businesses. This approach provides a uniform recycling approach, making it simpler for people to recycle their waste, while ensuring that more materials can be recycled. Mitie launches podcast that dives under the surface of Facilities Transformation
Hosted by workplace and facilities management (FM) commentators, Ian Ellison and Chris Moriarty, the series tells the story of an industry that has often gone unnoticed, as it embarks on a transformation to adapt to customer demands and new ways of working, creating the workplaces of the future.   Waste management & recycling services specialist rebrands
To coincide with this new stage of its journey to providing best-in-class service and supporting clients with their sustainability goals, it has rebranded as 'Papilo'. 
Tudor services a multi-sector client base which includes Transport for Greater Manchester, Savills, MAPP, Interactive Investor and the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. It specialises in office, stadium, accommodation and window cleaning, and also offers building and technical services.  It's a '10' from Wellington College for Sodexo!
The contract includes the delivery of the catering, hospitality, retail and domestic services including cleaning, logistics and laundry at Wellington College as well as the hospitality and domestic services for Eagle House, the preparatory and pre-preparatory school for 360 pupils aged 3-13 located in nearby Sandhurst. 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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