Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 28th January 2016 Issue no. 708
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Dozens arrested as US airport cleaners and their colleagues rally for better pay and conditions
Launch of compact ride-on machine sees Hako enter new market
New sanitisers for smart phones and tablets can reduce spread of superbugs in under 30 seconds
Full conference agenda for Tissue World New Orleans 2016 released
Soapbox: The decline in antibiotic research places more emphasis on effective cleaning
The luck of the Irish? Facilicom launches new business on the Emerald Isle
Commercial Cleaning Systems benefits from recapitalisation
Announcing European Cleaning Days 2016
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! You may recall that in last week’s issue I was grumbling about litter, arguing that people need to be discouraged from dropping litter and that if they won’t refrain, they need to be taught a lesson. I applauded the Government’s decision to increase litter fines but expressed concern about 'jobsworths' fining people who aren’t really dropping litter – for example those who’ve accidentally dropped money shouldn’t be fined (although some have been!) because anyone dropping money has clearly dropped it by accident. A reader picked up on those comments and told me about a company that works across a number of local authorities and supposedly issues more than 100 fines a day – often for trivial offences. Kingdom Security apparently made a pre-tax profit last year of £2 million. And while they are doing a good job overall at reducing litter, they are said to have issued penalty notices for offences that will, by most, be considered unfair – such as for feeding the ducks in the park! Many members of the public are angry that private companies are profiting hugely from our misdemeanours, rather than the money simply going to the councils themselves – much like hospital parking, where because the car parks have been sold off or leased out, the private companies that run them profit from our parking costs, rather than the NHS. Also, there is a real concern that the litter officers pick on soft targets instead of concentrating on real litterers. Another issue is that (I am told) when people refuse to pay their fines, it’s down to the council to pursue them – a costly exercise and if unsuccessful, even more so, as the councils have to pay the litter companies a fee whether the fine is paid or not. It occurred to me that there’s mileage to be gained from encouraging some of the more able bodied members of the unemployed public to take on the role of litter wardens. That way they’ll be off of benefits and earning money. Plus the profits – after wages have been paid – will go to the local authorities, rather than the private companies. What do you think? One more thing… The Cleaning & Support Services Association is relaunching this coming Monday in London. If you want to be one of the new ‘founding members’, contact John Findlater at E: [email protected] 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
Jeremy Paxman warns that UK's at litter 'tipping point'
The ex-BBC Newsnight anchor, speaking in his capacity as patron of the litter campaigning organisation Clean Up Britain (CLUB) said that the UK is at a tipping point in attitudes to litter and that businesses need to collaborate to take action and tackle the problem. Vectair Systems' V-Air Solid air freshener wins 4th international award in 12 months
A panel of eight judges, including purchasing director of Reliance Industries & executive housekeeper of the Intercontinental Hotels Group, chose V-Air Solid as the most innovative product for its simplicity, use of new technology and its strong environmental credentials, amongst other factors. Three key patents issued to antimicrobial company
These materials provide unprecedented antimicrobial activity at low cost. Safe for humans and the environment, they are believed to be markedly more effective than products now marketed to combat bacteria (Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Mycobacteria and E. coli), viruses, moulds and yeasts. Soapbox: What does it take to be a facilities manager?
A few years ago, I wrote an analysis of the facilities management sector as a whole and at that stage my feelings were that the market was still clearly separated into two distinct areas: in-house (corporate management) and outsourced (third party). In my view, the FM market is much more blurred in certain respects and, as such, success requires an ever increasingly diverse range of skills, education and attributes. This blurring of boundaries can be partly attributed to the fact that directly employed corporate FM roles within departments have been increasingly marginalised. These have been replaced by the outsourced third parties who have been continuously forced to improve their services and speed of delivery to the market (due to increase in competition and client demands); they have become sophisticated in most cases, and costs have been reduced and services improved. Beating bedbugs and bacteria: how to clean a mattress effectively
Lindhaus argues that the periodic cleaning of mattresses is absolutely necessary to prevent the formation of bacteria that can cause allergies and dermatitis. Bravo makes clean cruising for Condor
Mike Mustill, hotel services operations manager, Condor Ferries, called in Kevin Day at Prochem Europe distributor CJS Portsmouth to find a more robust, powerful and faster clean than they were currently achieving. Dhofar does distribution deal with Carind Tissue
The two companies have worked closely together since 2007 and their mutual goals and visions for the cleaning and hygiene industry have led to this new, exclusive distributorship agreement. HSL - Machinery Directive course updated The Health & Safety Laboratory's new Machinery Directive course is being held on 24th February 2016 in Buxton, Derbyshire. It will give delegates a thorough understanding of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2009 legislation, (as revised) as well as the key current European and International safety standards that support the Regulations. Delegates will also be shown how to build a technical file and have the opportunity to practice assessing conformity to the essential health & safety requirements. The purpose and content of a declaration of conformity and incorporation will be explained, along with when to use which. Car Laundry launches first car detailing store in Indira Nagar, Bengaluru
The Car Laundry franchisee outlets are also operational in Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain, Sagar, Raipur, Bilaspur and Mysore and are shortly going to launch in other major cities and towns across India. Swiss cleaning company allegedly tricked migrants into working for free A number of sources are reporting that a Sudanese migrant has been tricked into cleaning a branch of McDonalds, in Basel, Switzerland, without being paid. 'Yusef' had allegedly been cleaning non-stop for 40 days without pay - and without breaks - having been told that he would need to work for free if he was to qualify for a residency permit, after which he would properly join the ranks of his fellow cleaning staff and be paid for his efforts.
"Murphy's Law states that if anything is to go wrong, then it will happen at the most inconvenient time. It also states that when this happens it will usually be mega expensive and the inconvenience will last for days, if not weeks. For us carpet cleaners, one of the things that we dread most is a machine breakdown, and this was brought home to me last month when my portable extraction machine had its annual service at the manufacturer's works. 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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Press statement from the BFG issued 14th January 2016 The Board at The Building Futures Group has announced, with regret, that the company has ceased trading. Industry wants answers after vague BFG closure statement
Clean for The Queen for Her Majesty's 90th birthday
7th OEESC takes place from 19th - 21st September 2016 in Manchester
'Could do better' says Oxford City Council's head of environmental health services
Hand hygiene in the NHS: Parliament debates
"I tabled this debate to request that the Government ensure that proper checks are introduced so that patients can have confidence that everything possible is being done to enforce proper hand hygiene best practice," he said earlier this week. Soapbox: The 'Northern Powerhouse' needed its own Cleaning Show
And now it has one! The 6th & 7th April 2016 Manchester Cleaning Show will be a long awaited event, held appropriately enough at the modern Event City venue, Manchester. The much vaunted Northern Powerhouse embodies the same industrial and entrepreneurial spirit that made the North of England into the 'Workshop of the World' more than one hundred and fifty years ago, continuing today with major investment around the Airport, the City Centre and in the surrounding infrastructure. We have Mail: away from home toilets Hi Jan, As a regular reader of your excellent publication, I appreciate the publicity you give to matters relating to the provision and cleanliness of 'away from home' toilets. I started campaigning on this issue many years ago. In 1985 I founded All Mod Cons, which became The British Toilet Association in 1999. I quietly contribute to various influential documents, e.g. I participated in the Global Guidelines for Practical Public Toilet Design in 2011. CHSA audits more product than ever in 2015; suppliers achieve near perfect compliance
With such clear evidence of the impact of the Schemes, Mike Stubbs, chairman of the Accreditation Schemes, is calling on buyers of soft tissue products, plastic refuse sacks and industrial cotton mops to specify Scheme membership in their tenders. Council heavily fined over safety failings after road sweeper kills biker Sevenoaks District Council pleaded guilty to safety failings after a member of the public was killed when he collided with a road sweeper. In the incident, which took place in September 2010, a council road sweeper lorry was cleaning the outside of a dual-lane slip road when Derek McCulloch (58) drove into the back of the sweeper on his motorbike. Mr McCulloch was pronounced dead at the scene. Essential clean-up aid bagged for Carlisle flood victims
Communities encouraged to bag quicker flood protection
CSSA Founder Member helps solve a Crisis over Christmas
CSSA launches recruitment drive with 'Founding Member' offer The CSSA is starting 2016 with a recruitment drive to attract new members, and is offering 'Founding Member' status for those who join before the official launch on 1st February. Why Morclean is thinking green for 2016
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