Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 17th July 2014 Issue no. 634
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! We’re always told not to believe everything we read in the newspapers and there’s probably more to this story that meets the eye, but it really set me thinking and I’d love to have your views on it… My colleague John Austen sometimes refers to me as an ageing hippy as I don’t eat meat, am really into the idea of sustainable living and often attend mind, body, spirit and music festivals, where I’ll generally sport multi-coloured hair, oddly patterned fingernails, face-paint and unusual clothes, while enjoying the company of dear friends who may themselves sport Mohican haircuts or dreadlocks, pointy elf ears and fairy wings or multiple facial/body piercings. Many of them – men and women – are covered in tattoos. Now I’ve established that I’m open minded and that I celebrate the value of individuality and the need for self-expression and freedom for us – as equals - to pursue our own interests and lifestyles, I have to say that I back without hesitation Salisbury FM’s insistence that a senior employee on one of its contracts either cover up her tattoo or leave the job. If you’re unfamiliar with the story, 38-year-old Jo Perkins – allegedly five months into her temporary contract as a consultant, sported a decorative butterfly tattoo that stretched from beneath her ankle to her toes. This had remained undiscovered until she ditched the trousers and wore a dress to work instead – no doubt as the weather warmed. Her employer said that the tattoo didn't comply with the company’s professional image and should be covered up. Jo – who apparently had been doing a wonderful job of work, is quoted as saying that she found the ruling ‘ridiculous’ – after all, it’s only a butterfly - but employer Salisbury FM, which boasts HM Revenue & Customs as a client, held fast. Yes – the tattoo itself wasn’t an offensive inking; but I don’t believe a tattoo should be displayed in the professional workplace any more than multi-coloured hair or face-paints. If you consider your job, colleagues and clients to be important, you need to dress and behave in a way that will not offend any of them. Agree? Disagree? Please let me know Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
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        This Week's News
Newly opened European Logistics Centre brings Kaivac closer to its customers
Recently, the company finalised the opening of its logistics center in Rotterdam.
Combining cleaning power and endurance with agility and ease of operation, Wetrok's Discomatic Mambo has been brought to the UK by Jigsaw Cleaning Systems. European Tissue Symposium to present at ISSA/Interclean Istanbul 2014
This International Conference will cover a number of relevant topics for the cleaning and hygiene industry. Cromwell goes for a new line up
The company has introduced three distinct brand groups - 'Coral', 'Pearl' and 'Oyster' - which, between them, cater for a wide variety of applications, from 'Coral' entry level liners for light duty use, to the 'Oyster' range, which includes a dozen choices of heavy duty bags in assorted colours and capacities.
Pinterest is a place for people to collect ideas for projects and interests. Vectair's boards include 'urinals with a difference', 'worst whiffs' and 'toilet humour', as well as information on and images of the company's products and its exhibition stand designs. The unlikely place that says a lot about your restaurant
What do you think is the most representative aspect of your restaurant from a diner's perspective? A popular or special dish? A characteristic element of the decor that sets the tone of their dining experience? Your front of house staff? The head chef? What about your washroom? Chemicals manufacturer Stepan Company to acquire P&G sulfonation production facility in Brazil Chemicals manufacturer Stepan Company, through its subsidiary in Brazil, yesterday reported that it has reached an agreement with Procter & Gamble do Brasil SA's to acquire its sulfonation production facility in Bahia, Brazil - subject to approval by the Brazilian antitrust authorities and by the Industrial Development Superintendence of Bahia State, as well as other customary closing conditions. The facility is located in the northeast region of Brazil and has 30,000 metric tons of capacity. Wastewater from industries such as power, paper and pulp, chemical processing, metal and mining is one of the major contributors to the rising water pollution. As a result, new regulations for maximum limits of pollutants are being passed, globally, depending on the industry and type of pollutant. Consequently, the demand for chemicals utilised in the industrial and municipal wastewater applications is expected to witness long-term increase over the next 10 - 15 years. West Berkshire Community Hospital - complex by nature
The Hospital provides healthcare services to over 100,000 people in the Newbury and surrounding areas. American Water Chemicals, delivers antiscalant to world's largest water reuse reverse osmosis plant After two years of intense R&D work and three years of pilot testing, American Water Chemicals has made its first full scale delivery of AWC A-110 antiscalant to the Orange County Water District (OCWD). The district had experienced numerous silica scaling incidents which had forced it to resort to the use of hazardous ammonium bifluoride (ABF) as a membrane cleaner. Swiftclean welcomes changes to duct cleaning standard Gary Nicholls, managing director of Swiftclean Building Services, and a member of the Building and Engineering Services Association (B&ES) Steering Committee responsible for TR/19, has welcomed its recently unveiled changes.
The new TR/19 (Second Edition 2013) guidance document: Internal Cleanliness of Ventilation Systems, brings TR/19 in line with both BSEN: 15780, which was published in November 2011, and BSRIA's BG49/2013 Commissioning of Air Systems guidance document. Competitive edge is sharpened at Britaniacrest Recycling
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