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ACI mourns loss of industry icon F. Quinn Stepan

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The American Cleaning Institute is mourning the loss of F. Quinn Stepan, longtime chairman, president and CEO of Stepan Company and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Soap & Detergent Association, (the previous name of ACI) where he served on the Board for seven years.
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Microrobot swarms simultaneously clean up microplastics and microbes

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When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways.
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Discover the sustainable washroom solutions from Kennedy Hygiene

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As a company that’s committed to developing sustainable products and implementing manufacturing methods which reduce carbon emissions, Kennedy Hygiene’s latest innovation is the black Obsidian range, made from recycled ABS plastic. Obsidian includes cotton and paper hand dryers, hand washing dispensers, air fresheners, toilet sanitisers, toilet tissue dispensers and Kennedy's best-selling feminine hygiene units.
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Avision's Cleaning Tip Challenge offers big prizes to winners

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Avison's Easy Clean contest is calling upon US custodians to enter their top cleaning tips which help make cleaning faster, better and easier - for a chance to win $2500. The contest will share custodian-approved cleaning tips with ‘how-to’ videos showcasing cleaning tips in action.
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Specialist hygiene company puts sustainability at heart of its business

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Christeyns Food Hygiene has been awarded the prestigious EcoVadis Gold Medal for its commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices.
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Window cleaner's 29-storey fall: employer again failed to inspect and replace protective equipment

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The US Department of Labour has determined that an East Boston window cleaning company's failure to inspect and replace damaged or defective equipment contributed to an employee's fatal 29-storey fall from a building in downtown Boston's financial district in October 2023.
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Eliminate C. auris in less than one minute

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Independent testing shows that UMF|PerfectClean's Klorese cleaner-disinfectant combined with a PerfectClean wiper eliminates the deadly fungus Candida auris (C. auris) in less than one minute.
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Autobella: Idrobase Group’s new international strategy

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The first mega car wash with a complete ‘Made in Italy’ solution has been inaugurated in Xi'an. Called Autobella, it is the Italian challenge to the luxury carwashing market in China: the aim is to create a franchised chain, managed through the local production unit Idrobase Ningbo.
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I for one am delighted that the UK Government has decreed that to alleviate the public’s growing safety, privacy and dignity concerns, any new, non-domestic buildings in England, or those that undergo a material change of use, (with some exceptions) must in future provide single sex toilet facilities – or, where there isn’t enough space, a ‘universal toilet’: a self-contained unit containing a toilet and washbasin for individual use. I couldn’t see anything about hand drying facilities in the Government’s new legislation information regarding universal toilets, or in the Building Regulations, but assume that these would need to be included too. 
  
The new legislation follows the results of a consultation on the proposals, where responses showed that 81% agreed with the intention for separate single-sex toilet facilities and 82% agreed with the intention to provide universal toilets where space allows. Responses highlighted particular concerns from women, the elderly and the disabled who felt unfairly disadvantaged, since publicly accessible toilets are increasingly being converted into gender neutral facilities where users share cubicle and hand washing facilities. This leads to increasing waiting times in shared queues, decreased choice and less privacy and dignity. The new requirements will mean everyone can access appropriate facilities either through a separate single-sex space or a self-contained, universal toilet. 
  
In addition, the Department for Education re-enforced the requirement for schools to comply with minimum standards, including that separate toilets for boys and girls aged eight and over are to be provided, (separate toilet facilities for boys and girls aged eight or over must already be provided in schools, except where the toilet facility is provided in a room that can be secured from the inside and is intended for use by one pupil at a time). While colleges are not subject to the same legal requirements, they should take the same approach given that the same safeguarding considerations apply. 
  
The changes will affect England only, which is a shame for those in the rest of the UK, but I hope everyone else follows suit soon. Mind you, as one friend in Scotland groused:  “That’s all very well, but what’s more important is that there’s a properly functioning facility in the first place. There are none whatsoever at my local bus or railway station, parks, in the town centre, or in most local supermarkets. The facilities in my local shopping centre have been closed for refurbishment for more than five months and some of us are wondering if they'll ever reopen." She has a point…
 

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This Week's News

Interclean Amsterdam Innovation Awards: the winners

* Interclean-innovation-award-winners.jpgInterclean Amsterdam officially opened this week with the announcement of the Amsterdam Innovation Awards winners.
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BICSc uses Interclean Amsterdam 2024 to launches new Training App

* BICSc-Training-App.jpgThe British Institute of Cleaning Science has used Interclean Amsterdam 2024 to launch and showcase the new BICSc Training App.

For the first time ever, the Institute's phenomenally popular Virtual Training Suite is being launched in app form, with news of the industry-wide introduction of the inaugural training app revealed at the show.
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Portsmouth FC becomes first football club to provide male incontinence bins

* Portsmouth-FC.jpgPortsmouth Football Club is the first football club in the UK to support Prostate Cancer UK and Phs Group's Dispose with Dignity initiative, by providing male incontinence bins.

The EFL League One team became aware of the need for male incontinence bins to support men who have had treatment for prostate cancer, after one of its supporters approached them to tell them about the campaign.
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CSSA Innovation Showcase 2025: hunt starts here for the most innovative products, services & initiatives

* CSSA-Showcase.jpgThe Cleaning & Support Services’ Innovation Showcase celebrates the cleaning industry's most innovative products, services and initiatives; particularly better solutions to social, political and environmental requirements, and existing market issues.

Businesses and organisations operating throughout the industry enter their innovative products, services and initiatives into the competition. An ‘Innovator's Pitch’ is then held, with a panel of leading industry experts reviewing and interviewing all entrants before selecting those to be exhibited at the Innovation Showcase itself.
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Tennant announces Grand Prize Winner in fifth annual ‘Custodians Are Key’ program

* Tennant-Announces-Grand-Prize-Winner.jpgTennant Company has announced the Grand Prize Winner in its 2023-2024 ‘Custodians Are Key’ program. From a field of more than 1,700 nominations and 12 finalists, Izet Subasic, a custodian at Saint Ambrose on the Hill Catholic School in Missouri, won the top prize.

A celebration at the school took place where Tennant honoured the winning custodian and school with a $15,000 prize package.
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Launched at Interclean, Sanitec’s new catalogue features 200 products for safe and certified cleaning

* Sanitec-new-catalogue.jpgItalchimica is at Interclean Amsterdam this week with Sanitec, its brand dedicated to professional cleaning. An open, welcoming area that visually tells the story of the company’s different product lines divided by application area, the stand (01.411) has alsod provide the launchpad for a new catalogue – also available online.

With its more user-friendly layout and updated content, this new catalogue is printed on FSC-certified paper. Featuring more than 200 products, it has been carefully designed to provide users with a practical and intuitive reference document.
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Industrial wastewater treatment market to reach $ 206.81 billion by 2031

* Industrial-Wastewater-Treatment-Market.jpgAccording to a new market research report, the industrial wastewater treatment market is projected to reach $206.81 billion by 2031 from an estimated $136.79 billion in 2024, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 6.1% during the forecast period (2024-2031).

This growth is driven by factors such as the lack of freshwater resources, government encouragement and growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility, along with the need for critical resource recovery from wastewater. However, the high installation, maintenance and operating costs of wastewater treatment infrastructure restrain the growth of this market.
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Delphis Eco granted new Royal Warrant to His Majesty The King

* delphis-eco-kings-warrant.jpgThis week sees HM The King and HM The Queen grant the first Royal Warrants of Appointment of the new reign. Delphis Eco, the award-winning, ecological cleaning range in the UK, has been granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment to HM The King.

Delphis Eco supplies both Kitchen and Housekeeping departments within the Royal Household and has held a Royal Warrant for 10 years out of its 17 years of trading. It has historically held a Royal Warrant of Appointment to HM The Queen Elizabeth II and HM The Prince of Wales.
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Window cleaners face 'grave risks' when using water-fed poles near overhead power lines, warns industry body

* Window-Cleaners_Steve-Kennedy.jpgFollowing the deaths or injury of a number of window cleaners from electrocution while using water-fed poles, the Federation of Window Cleaners has called a crucial meeting with key industry bodies and manufacturers with the aim of agreeing improved and robust safety measures.

In 2021 alone, two lives were lost when water-fed poles inadvertently made contact with live wires, resulting in fatal electrocutions. In a third, recent incident, a former FWC member was electrocuted and seriously injured while using a water-fed pole near an overhead power cable.
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RefugeeOne and UMF|PerfectClean partner to provide refugees with infection prevention workforce training

* RefugeeOne.jpgUMF|PerfectClean has partnered with RefugeeOne to deliver essential workforce training to refugees throughout Chicago. The aim of the partnership is twofold: empower refugees to join the workforce, build a stable life and become self-sufficient; and help employers fill open jobs throughout the Chicago area.

Every participant in the first training cohort, completed in December, secured a job within three weeks of training.
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Southbank Centre appoints OCS as part of a multi-million FM investment programme

* Southbank-OCS.jpgSouthbank Centre has awarded OCS a contract to supply total facilities management services to its sites. Services include cleaning, hard services (mechanical & engineering and projects), and event support.

The core multi-million-pound contract will be carried out over five years, with potential for extension, along with additional yearly projects of added value, to enhance the facilities at Southbank Centre.
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Recent UK News

Bunzl and Amplify Goods collaborate to launch the new exclusive washroom brand RE:MIND

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Bunzl UK & Ireland and social enterprise Amplify Goods, have joined forces for the launch of a new range of luxury washroom products.
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Heath & Wiltshire celebrates 50 years with brand refresh

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Heath and Wiltshire, the South West England-based cleaning and facilities management services organisation, is celebrating a significant milestone as the company commemorates its 50th anniversary with a brand refresh and new trading name.
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SOAPBOX: Why the FM industry should fear Labour's proposed employment law revolution, by Dominic Ponniah, CEO and Co-Founder of Cleanology

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“At this stage of the election cycle, there are now two questions to be asking:

1. How big will the Labour majority be?
2. Who will be the main opposition party?
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Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners welcomes Lorraine Larman as the new Master

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Lorraine Larman has been installed as The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners’ new Master. She succeeds former Master, Jim Melvin.
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Support The Hygiene Bank and help make a 'major difference'

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Cleaning & hygiene sector firms have been thanked for supporting The Hygiene Bank - although more industry businesses are being encouraged to give their support.
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SOAPBOX: Logistics UK responds to Defra comments on border checks

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Responding to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs blog published last week regarding the planned introduction of border checks on 30th April, Nichola Mallon, head of trade and devolved policy at business group Logistics UK, says:
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NIC Group granted power to deliver Apprenticeships in house

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The Department of Education has awarded NIC Group a place on the Apprentice Provider & Assessment Register, enabling the company to deliver, in house, its own Apprenticeships.
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Sodexo secures Crown Commercial Services Healthcare Framework place

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Sodexo Health & Care has been named on the Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) RM6331 Healthcare Soft Facilities Management Services framework for a period of three years with an option to extend for an additional year.
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Events & Exhibitions

ISSA Show North America
18-21st November 2024
Las Vegas
USA

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Interclean China 2024
11-13th December 2024
Shanghai
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London Cleaning Show
18-20th March 2025
ExCel London
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ISSA Pulire 2025
27-29th May 2025
Rho Fiera Milano
Italy

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