Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 19th July 2012 Issue no. 531
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Cleaning the London Olympic village has finally made the headlines but not in the way I'd expected it to. "10 to a room and one shower for 75 people: inside the 'slum' camp for Olympic cleaners" was the headline in an issue of the Mail Online this week and judging by the images that accompanied the story, the accommodation looks (from the outside at least) somewhat like a concentration camp, with the huts crammed so close together that there will be little chance of any sunlight (if there's any about!) finding its way inside... All very miserable for those who'll have to live there during the Games, I feel. After all, these are people we're talking about and I've seen horses housed in stables that are larger than these rooms! Then you read that most of the cleaners have been recruited from overseas and when you consider that the latest figures show that UK unemployment is up yet again, it really doesn't make any sense at all, does it? You can read the article at www.dailymail.co.uk and I'd love to receive your comments! And talking of comments, i-clean's Mike Boxall has an interesting and well-researched theory on litter picking in our schools, following my rant in last week's leader. You can read it below, together with John Austen's take on things. Finally, do please accept our apologies for an item that managed to find its way into last week's issue under the headline: 'DMG team up with Matrix in Scotland'. Rather than being a finished story, this was actually our notes and it did neither company (nor indeed us!) any favours. The finished article (below) is headed up 'DMG teams up with Matrix in Scotland to sell steam cleaning equipment', and please make sure you read it so you can stay up-to-date with what's going on there. BREAKING NEWS This statement from the SEIU union was received at Cleanzine's offices during broadcast... Yours,
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Jangro Belfast refurbishes Olympic Torch
And yes, we made them muddy! Karcher sets new standard for compact hot water pressure washers
ISSA and CIRI begin development of Clean Standard: K-12 ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, and the Cleaning Industry Research Institute have begun the process of developing a Clean Standard for K-12 schools that ultimately will promote clean and healthy indoor environments in educational facilities across the US to the benefit of children’s learning experiences. European support, RPS Corporation
P&G, the US EPA, Staples and more headline Cleaning Products 2012 Smithers Apex's Cleaning Products 2012: The Intersection of Innovation for Science Based Sustainability will bring together leading organisations such as Procter & Gamble, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Staples to discuss unit dose; fragrance development strategies; green chemistry innovation; future prospects for the auto dishwashing detergent industry and much, much more. This 6th annual event, developed in association with The American Cleaning Institute, will take place from October 3rd-5th, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. Super early bird pricing expires this Friday, July 20th. Early bird tickets available for BCC conference
We have Mail: School litter picking With reference to your comment about the high school litter picking, you may be interested to know that following numerous reviews we've done in educational environments, we're increasingly seeing the effects of what others refer to as the 'broken windows theory'... That is, the longer litter remains on the floor, then the more likely it will be that others will drop litter. Owner cloning, dead fish and dead companies by Ed Selkow
Principle Cleaning goes into orbit!
DMG teams up with Matrix in Scotland to sell steam cleaning equpment DMG Floorcare, the small, Glasgow-based family owned business run by Marie and David Grant, has joined Matrix Cleaning Systems' network of carefully selected trade dealers. HMRC enforcers target London businesses Almost half of 70 businesses visited in a series of operations in the London Borough of Newham are being investigated on suspicion of failing to pay the national minimum wage. Family-friendly event for the carpet & hard floorcare industry booking now
Paper disposables manufacturer fined for safety failings
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