Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 13th June 2024 Issue no. 1118
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International News
Products Taking steps to stop the spread of Legionnaire's Disease
Nexaro NR 1500 compact vacuum robot meets latest safety standard for commercial cleaning robots
 Clean Zero cleaning solution wins CBRE ESG Innovation Challenge 2024
Arena experience enhanced through sustainable hygiene management from Tork/Wells Fargo team-up
Partnership improves healthcare facilities with innovative technology solutions
Metsä Group's tissue paper business receives fifth Platinum Rating in EcoVadis evaluation for 2024
Vitesy's Natede Smart air purifier detoxifies using natural ability of plants
Essity invests in new R&D centre in France
Top three hit jackpot in 2024 Cintas Custodian of the Year contest
'Forever chemicals' found to rain down on all five North American Great Lakes
Implementing an effective trade border between the UK and the EU
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Bulgaria was, for several years and prior to Perestroika, the location of my late-season ski fix. Perfect snow, incredible value for money and wonderful people – many of whom became long-term friends. One thing I couldn’t get used to though was what went on in the washrooms – something I was reminded of following receipt of a link from a friend, to an article in one of today’s newspapers.
Back to Bulgaria though… the washrooms were always pristine. I never came across a dirty one although some of the cleaning equipment must have been difficult to work with – an old jumper wrapped around something on the end of a broom handle to form a mop, for example, which happened to have been put together by a friend’s mother, who worked her magic as a cleaner in one of the hotels in Borovets. There was always a washroom attendant in the facilities I went into, which is perhaps why there were never any nasty surprises for the users! But as well as being responsible for the cleaning, the attendant was there to ‘police’ the toilet tissue: two sheets or five, depending upon what you planned to do in the cubicle. Luckily my friends and I always carried our own so were never forced to divulge our intentions or find ourselves ‘caught short’ when it came to our toilet tissue rations.
The link my friend sent was to a Mail Online article, headed: “In a rush to flush: China installs timers above women's toilet cubicles at UNESCO site so fellow guests can tell how long they have been 'engaged'.” The article explains how the timers have been installed at the 1500-year-old Yungang Grottoes - ancient Buddhist temples carved into the rockface in northern China's Shanxi province, which attracted three million visitors in 2023. There’s a video of the timers in action, courtesy of the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald. The display shows ‘empty’ in green if the cubicle’s unoccupied while a red timer clocks up the minutes and seconds an occupied cubicle’s been in use. The timers have apparently been installed to cope with an increase in visitor numbers and alert the facility to any potential problems, but this doesn’t make sense to me. Are they there to shame users into hurrying up, I wonder? My view is that this is technology ‘gone too far’... a pointless exercise and a waste of money. If someone’s clocked up more time than anyone else, it would be foolish to guess that this means they’re about to vacate (if that’s the idea behind the timers). If there are long queues for the toilets, wouldn’t a better option be to build more? Or am I missing something here?
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This Week's News
BICSc Annual Awards: 2024's finalists announced
The excitement is now growing, with everyone involved looking forward to the winners being revealed at this year's Awards ceremony, which is being held on Thursday 26th September at The Belfry Hotel and Resort in the Midlands. There are are still a few tickets available for those wishing to attend. 
Technavio says that the market is driven by factors such as increasing demand for energy efficiency, the need for workplace safety and the growing trend towards outsourcing FM services, and that the impressive growth is being driven by the integration of IoT and Industry 4.0 technologies.  SOAPBOX: The potential for viruses to spread beyond washrooms and implications for public health
“Proper hand washing with soap and water after using the toilet is essential in killing germs and removing microbes on the hands. Hand drying following hand washing completes the process and is needed as damp or wet hands spread infection more easily.
But what if these processes are not carried out adequately? Is there potential for microbes left on the hands to spread and cause harm? Even worse, could these germs be carried out of the washroom and into our environment? Onto the bus for example? Or back to the table in a restaurant? Or into shops and public spaces?  Mitie enrols first learners on the new Cleaning Hygiene Level 2 apprenticeship
The Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship offers specialised training and development opportunities for colleagues in the early stages of their careers in the commercial cleaning sector. This includes colleagues who are new to the industry and those who do not currently hold any formal qualifications and would like to advance their professional development.   'Progress in Cleaning' tradeshow opens tomorrow!
Held earlier this month, at the Cottons Hotel & Spa in Knutsford, the event welcomed 45 influential delegates, including representatives from sales, purchasing and company directors from All Purpose, Bateman Bros, Clean Wipes, Complete Intacare, CSL, Drinkstuff, Galgorm Group, Highland Industrial Supplies, Marshall Wilson, MBS, Stephensons and Wilkes Catering.
"Our clients depend on us to introduce leading technologies that can help to manage their facilities in a way that delivers superior cleaning efficacy with an attractive cost structure," says John Hanner, president and CEO of Aramark Facilities Management. M2 Care Halo smear free professional glass cleaner can be used on sensitive equipment
 Prevented Ocean Plastic and USAID open high-capacity plastic collection centre in Indonesia
It is the seventh centre established by the organisation since the launch of its mission to open 25 collection centres by 2025, on coastlines at risk of plastic pollution worldwide, with seven more having already broken ground. Barclays banks on further service success with ISS
ISS and Barclays initiated the collaboration in 2012, and ISS will continue to provide a wide range of integrated facility services, including cleaning, technical, support services and catering as well as workplace solutions across the bank's facilities in the UK and Ireland, Continental Europe, the Americas, Middle East, India and Asia & Pacific. 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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