Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 20th October 2016 Issue no. 744
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 International News
Products Global water consumption: why is it increasing and what can we do about it?
Cordless floorcare equipment offers greater flexibility
RAS clinches Silent Heroes Awards 2016
Improved hygiene standards achieved for animal care and brand protection
Hand dryer market to reach $1,350 million by 2022, finds globally-allied market research
Kaivac launches 'Stop The Mop' campaign
The Netherlands announces $50 million contribution to UN-based WSSCC for global sanitation coverage
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! While most of the public washroom news I receive, concerns facilities being closed down because it’s more lucrative for the local authorities to sell them off to housing developers than it is to keep them open, stocked and cleaned; it’s the gender designation or mixed washrooms that are making the headlines in private sector and overseas news. I’ve just received a press release from US company Impact Products that’s made me chuckle. It talks about how, if they have not already, patrons in all types of commercial facilities will soon discover that signs indicating separate men's and women's washrooms are being replaced with ‘gender-neutral’ signs. Impact reveals that Refuge Restrooms, a site that lists every public, all-gender washroom in the US, says there are now 4,500 such public facilities in the country and that the number is growing fast. While many of these all-gender signs will say just that – ‘all-gender’ or ‘gender-neutral’ - some creative organisations have decided to add a little humour to their signs, aware that this is something of a contentious issue. Impact Products, which has a new Personal Care Division manufacturing products specifically for washrooms, says the top five gender-neutral signs uncovered so far are:
“Whatever the sign, humorous or not, we believe restroom users should always have a positive restroom experience," says Impact’s Amy Severtsky. "Clean restrooms, well stocked, including feminine hygiene products and dispensers, are always needed and will always be wanted no matter who uses the restroom or what the sign says on the door.” While I agree with Amy’s sentiment, I abhor the idea of mixed washrooms and hope they don’t catch on. Meeting a colleague or customer of the opposite sex while touching up one’s lipstick or adjusting a hem or something is bad enough as it is, but being sat next to a man using a cubicle, with just a thin sheet of something between us, fills me with dread. These things are private, after all! And then there’s the safety aspect to consider… Am I a prude or do you women agree with me? 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
Matrix marks major milestone: making steam cleaning machines for a decade
"This means we're often able to bring new machines to the market ahead of our competitors," says the company's sales director Mike Osiadacz. "We are extremely confident and proud of our machines; each unit undergoes a very stringent testing procedure and quality check before it leaves our premises." Bachelor Award for hand hygiene feedback system
In an interdisciplinary project, the students from the Electro-Technical, Industrial Product Design, Nursing and Healthcare Technology faculties, developed a hand hygiene feedback system to be used in neonatal departments. Using a traffic light system, the user receives a visual feedback which shows whether they have correctly cleaned and disinfected their hands or not. Latest ISO 14001 data shows significant global growth in environmental management systems' use
The worldwide total of accredited ISO 14001 certificates now stands at 319,324 and IEMA reports that the data published this week by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) shows a year-on-year increase of over 25,000 certificates between 2014 and 2015. Porter Adventist Hospital unveils robots that zap dangerous germs
The release explains that the technology uses pulsed xenon ultraviolet light to quickly destroy bacteria, viruses, mould and other pathogens and cites studies showing that the robots are consistently 20 times more effective than standard chemical cleaning practices. IICRC announces 2016-2017 Board of Directors The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification has announced the election of five members to the 2016-2017 Board of Directors. Elections were held during the IICRC's October shareholder meeting in Las Vegas. New Board of Directors members include Jessika James and Robert Pettyjohn. Joe Dobbins, Pete Duncanson and Kevin Pearson were r-eelected. Also new to the Board this year as honorary members are Scott Mitseff and James Tole. New fragrance Love valid for Neo Breeze LCD air freshener
"The new fragrance, 'Love', is sweet and warm, of romantic inspiration... perfect to celebrate love at any age," says the manufacturer. Dust extraction specialist launches campaign to improve working environments
With over 40 years' experience, Dustcontrol UK is offering its expertise as 'Dust Doctors' to provide workplace assessments in a bid to encourage what it refers to as 'Healthy Business'. New company headquarters in Neumünster optimises supply possibilities
The third-generation owner and managing director, Kai Kruse, says that the company's success meant that the old premises were simply too cramped. "Our company group, with customers in the sectors of building cleaning, healthcare, hotel industry, catering and catering as well as crafts and industry, has steadily grown in recent years. To ensure that we continue to meet our customers' expectations, we have invested around 20 million euro Mitie lands massive Manchester Airports Group contract Mitie has been awarded a new five-year FM contract with Manchester Airports Group (MAG), consolidating FM services across three airports into one integrated contract. MAG is the UK's leading airport group, serving over 50 million passengers and handling over 670,000 tonnes of air freight every year, through its ownership and operation of Manchester, London Stansted, East Midlands and Bournemouth airports. Singapore seeks technology to improve productivity in cleaning and refuse collection Singapore's National Environment Agency and the Ministry of Transport jointly issued on Monday a Request for Information for the design and development of self-driving multi-purpose utility vehicles (MPUVs) for street cleaning and refuse collection in public spaces. "Through this RFI, we hope to seek information from the industry, institutes of higher learning and research institutes on how we could leverage new technology to improve the productivity of public cleaning," they said. MECTW welcomes Isnaad as its Specialised Cleaning Service Pavilion partner
Strategic partner MECTW 2016 (Middle East Cleaning Technology Week), for example, will provide a platform for specialised cleaning service providers to showcase their expertise in various areas of specialised cleaning and it has been announced that Isnaad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of integrated facilities management company, Imdaad, has come on board as the 'Specialised Cleaning Service Pavilion Partner'. DVSA seeks views on changes to tachograph centre rules The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency launched yesterday a review on proposals to improve rules for approved tachograph centres. These ATCs - of which there are around 600 in Great Britain - install, calibrate and inspect tachographs, which record information about driving time, speed and distance. Proposals include: - removing the requirement for ATCs to offer analogue tachograph calibration 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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