Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 16th May 2024 Issue no. 1114
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Window cleaner's 29-storey fall: employer again failed to inspect and replace protective equipment
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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…
 This Week's News
Interclean Amsterdam Innovation Awards: the winners
BICSc uses Interclean Amsterdam 2024 to launches new 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.  Portsmouth FC becomes first football club to provide 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. 
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.   Tennant announces Grand Prize Winner in fifth annual ‘Custodians Are Key’ program
A celebration at the school took place where Tennant honoured the winning custodian and school with a $15,000 prize package. 
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. Industrial wastewater treatment market to reach $ 206.81 billion by 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.  Delphis Eco granted new Royal Warrant to His Majesty 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.
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.
Every participant in the first training cohort, completed in December, secured a job within three weeks of training. Southbank Centre appoints OCS as part of a multi-million FM investment programme
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. 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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