Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 11th April 2024 Issue no. 1109
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One of Cleanzine’s many valued readers ‘across the pond’ sent me the link to an article in The Philadelphia Citizen a couple of weeks back, which I found really interesting. Headed up: ‘Did Mayor Parker get cleaning basics wrong?’ (https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/did-mayor-parker-get-cleaning-basicswrong/) it featured a constructive analysis by Nicolas Esposito, the City's former Zero Waste & Litter Director, on the Mayor's proposed ‘cleaning & greening’ plan, which he feels falls short of what Philadelphia really needs. He says that the Mayor’s massively hiked budget of $250 million over the next five years is geared far too heavily towards preventing litter and illegal dumping… i.e. it’s reactive rather than proactive – and although I’m not party to the history of the issues Philadelphia has faced, they seem very much on par with what’s been going on in the UK. And, like Nicolas, I feel that an alternative approach is long overdue, since things are getting worse over time, rather than improving.
Nicolas refers to the 2019 study: ‘The Cost of Litter and Illegal Dumping in Pennsylvania: A Study of Nine Cities Across the Commonwealth’ (https://www.keeppabeautiful.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KPB-Litter-Cost-Study-013120.pdf), put together when he worked for Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. He believes that the data collection involved in compiling the report, was the first time Philadelphia had fully considered how much it was spending to combat litter and illegal dumping across every department in the City, rather than just the ‘Streets Department’ - approximately $48 million per year to clean up litter and illegal dumping, which equated to about $32 per resident. He compared that to the $20 spent per resident in Pittsburgh - a ‘remarkably cleaner’ city, and says that this is down to the Pittsburgh being proactive and spending 45% of its ‘illegal dumping’ budget on litter prevention and education compared to Philadelphia’s 8%.
“A cleaner city is one that invests in waste and litter prevention rather than repeated remediation,” he says, reminding readers of the well-researched fact that the more you just clean up illegal dump sites, the more people will dump there because they know that someone’s going to come along and clean it up. A perfect example of wallpapering over the cracks. So why are we still doing it? And doing it more?
The 2019 study makes interesting reading – as does the article which goes on to suggest several ways to properly combat the problems. They echo what I’ve said in the past about the need to make it easier for people and businesses to recycle – rather than harder, as seems to be happening currently. Education from a young age about the need to be responsible for our own litter, (like I had as a child!) is also crucially important; we need to change the mindset…
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“Facilities management continues to evolve with emerging workflow and process automation software and innovations in Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and cameras digitising the sector. Cintas launches search for 2024 America's Best Restroom
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The move was made to develop the business into a full subsidiary, which includes a regional distribution centre at Freight Forwarders Solutions (FFS) in Tatu City, the 5,000-acre mixed-use Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on Nairobi's doorstep, positioning Kenya as a hub for East Africa. Essity completes divestment of its shares in Vinda
Essity will retain a presence in Asia and in Vinda through continued licensing of Essity's brands. RinseKit unveils groundbreaking US Truck Stop Shower Map to support truckers nationwide
This pioneering tool, derived from Allstays.com's extensive list of US truck stops and integrated with Google Maps for ease of use, allows truck drivers to quickly locate shower facilities, marked by blue pins for availability and red pins for absence, directly from RinseKit's website. UK apprentices to benefit from Mitie investment
With less than 3% of Levy-paying employers gifting Levy funding to SMEs, this makes it one of just 580 companies investing unspent Levy funds to support their local communities.
Cyclone's innovative solutions are gaining nationwide acclaim as the go-to solution across industries including aviation, entertainment, construction, industrial, motorsports, municipal and military. Evonik’s pioneering, industrial-scale biosurfactant plant in Slovakia now operational
The project positions Evonik, a speciality chemicals company, as a pioneer of high-quality, sustainable biosurfactants on a commercial scale. Terminix named official pest control partner of United Soccer League
The sponsorship will cover multiple leagues within the USL organisation, including the USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, USL W League, USL Youth and USL Academy. Ineos fined after employee seriously injured
The worker, 47, was attempting to clear a sump that contained a caustic solution, when he fell into the sump which had inadequate grating. He sustained permanent scarring to his right leg and was in pain for four weeks following the incident, before returning to work in the December. 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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