New system uses predictive technology to alert staff that dispensers should be refilled

Gojo has launched Smartlink Service Alerts, an Internet of Things solution that through the use of predictive analytics, helps to ensure hand soap and hand sanitiser are always available for critical hand hygiene events in a healthcare facility.
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Last chance to register for ACI's 2nd 'Future of Surfactants Summit Europe'

Registration is closing tomorrow for ACI's 2nd Future of Surfactants Summit Europe, which is taking place 8th & 9th February 2017 in Antwerp, Belgium, with an exclusive pre-conference site visit to the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant. The organizer tells us that there are only a few spaces remaining.

The event will give you the chance to meet senior representatives from key companies in the industry, currently confirmed from the following:
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CMS Purus Innovation Awards to debut at this year's Show

At the international cleaning trade fair CMS 2017 Berlin, the CMS Purus Awards, which have been presented since 2005, will become the Innovation Awards, signalling a new direction. The CMS Purus Innovation Awards (PIA), will honour 'intelligent products and solutions', recognising products, tools and systems that feature excellent usability and an outstanding overall design.
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Singaporean hotel's waste management system up for 'Most Green Collaboration' Award

A food waste digestion system that has successfully reduced food waste at a smart Singaporean hotel, may have won those involved an Award. The project has been selected as one of three finalists in the 'Most Green Collaboration' category, by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, for its 2017 SICC Awards celebrating collaborative innovation.
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Waste: more ambitious targets towards a circular economy

The European Parliament's environment committee voted on Tuesday to amend a European Commission proposal on waste management, (the 'waste package') which is a priority for the EU for this year. In previous resolutions the EP had called for more ambitious targets. This vote was the first step towards entering negotiations with the Commission and European Council.
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Cost saving opportunities for the global janitorial cleaning services market 2017-2021

Technavio's new procurement market intelligence report on the global janitorial cleaning services market from 2017-2021, reveals that the global janitorial cleaning services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2017 - 2021. This growth is being driven by the demand from private and public sector companies, as outsourcing helps them reduce management complexities while procuring high-quality services.
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Smart, safe and effective: Can 'probiotic' based cleaners change the FM industry?

We've all heard of the phrase 'good bacteria' and with a growing number of probiotic cleaners entering the facilities management industry, can these products offer a beneficial and cost-effective alternative to current chemical cleaners?
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Keeping food clean and safe to eat

According to public health officials, there are three primary ways that food in restaurants and food processing facilities can become contaminated and unsafe to consume. These are:

1. Biological: unhealthy microorganisms in the food
2. Physical: hair, dirt, airborne pollutants that get in the food
3. Chemical: intrusion of cleaning chemicals into the food
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Tru-D SmartUVC added to hospital's arsenal of infection prevention protocols

Mission Hospital, a Californian-based member of the US St. Joseph Hoag Health network, has added a new layer of proactive protection against the spread of infections in its facility. In addition to stringent manual cleaning processes by the facility's environmental care services (EVS) team, it has adopted Tru-D SmartUVC, a UV disinfection robot, to provide terminal room disinfection once the EVS staff performs manual cleaning protocols.
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Depureco's DF: the new concept of vacuum

Innovation, reliability and flexibility: Depueco tells us that its latest vacuuming innovation - the DF Series, has been designed to reflect the needs of a fast changing market, with the main target being to provide a wide range of quality products - along with solutions, for all the main specific requirements of any sort of specific working applications.
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Three new contracts for waste collection specialist Derichebourg Canada Environment

Derichebourg Canada Environment continues expanding its presence in Montreal as it was recently awarded two new recycling collection contracts with the L'Île-Bizard-Sainte-Geneviève and Le Sud-Ouest boroughs. This is the family company's second contract in Le Sud-Ouest, as it has been collecting food waste there since May 2016. Both contracts will take effect on 1st April, 2017.
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Lewi window cleaning solutions - ergonomic and efficient

Under the Lewi product brand, Lehmann KG has produced sophisticated quality tools for use by the glass and building cleaner for many years, while following the proven Lewi philosophy: versatile and ergonomic components, perfect quality and optimum functionality - at an attractive price.
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iVo RovaWash - new, compact, low profile, robust floor scrubber

The iVo RovaWash has been developed for those seeking a versatile, multi-purpose scrubbing and drying machine, which gives a robust and thorough clean to many different surfaces. It can act as a carpet scrubber, Altro flooring cleaner, an entrance matting cleaner and a stair scrubber.
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Health institutions to introduce day-specific coloured bedding to improve hygiene

For decades, the cleaning industry in the more developed countries has been pushing the idea of colour-coding to prevent cross-contamination, but now an organisation has gone one stage further by introducing day-specific colour-coded bedding, to improve hygiene and patient care, while ensuring that the sanitation mechanism that has been put in place, is adhered to.
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Delhi's sanitation workers' strike poses serious threat to health and hygiene

The pay strike by some 17,000 East Delhi sanitation workers, which has lasted almost a week and is involving protests outside East Delhi Municipal Corporation headquarters in Patparganj and the dumping of rubbish in front of the Legislative Assembly's offices, is now posing serious health and hygiene threats thanks to the rubbish piling up in residential areas.
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SCA to discontinue its hygiene business in India

SCA has announced that it is to discontinue its hygiene business in India. Four years after entering the Indian market, the company's conclusion is that profitability cannot be achieved within a reasonable timeframe.
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Henkel reported to be in talks to buy Sealed Air's Diversey professional cleaning business

A story in yesterday's New York Post reports that Henkel - which in the 90s, as Henkel Ecolab, was one of the leading names in the European professional cleaning market, is in talks to buy Sealed Air's professional cleaning business, Diversey.

The talks are said to have been revealed by two sources, but have yet to be confirmed by either company, according to the publication.
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Creating a facilities management programme: 'Do's' and 'Don'ts'

Developing a comprehensive approach to facilities maintenance is not always an easy task to accomplish. While there are many best practices for creating an FM programme, the path to finding and implementing a plan that meets the specific needs of your facility or facilities can be challenging.

With efficiency as a common end goal, facilities are searching for ways to optimise opportunities without increasing costs. Here, Betco's Hunter Giles offers some tips on how to establish the facilities management programme that suits your needs...
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Fight Norovirus and keep schools open

With the recent outbreaks of Norovirus causing school closures in the US, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has published guidelines including the recommendation of cleaning and disinfecting contaminated surfaces with a disinfectant registered as effective against Norovirus by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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CHSA: Driving up standards for 20 years

The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association is this year celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Manufacturing Standards Accreditation Scheme for Soft Tissue.

For 20 years, the Association has been active in driving up standards, making sure that what's in the box is on the box. Today the marque of the Soft Tissue, Plastic Refuse Sack and Industrial Cotton Mop Accreditation Schemes means buyers can be certain they get what they pay for.
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Clorox Professional introduces new portfolio of odour control products

Four out of five cleaning industry professionals say that removing odour from the air is their biggest cleaning challenge (79%), according to a recent survey from US-based Clorox Professional Products. However, the survey also finds that the odour elimination products currently on the market are not fully addressing professional cleaning needs.
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Greyland awarded new Environmental and Quality Standards

Leading cleaning chemicals manufacturer Greyland announced that they start the New Year with two new ISO standards after being awarded the ISO 9001:2015 Quality and ISO 14001:2015 Environmental standards.

Last year, Richard Dyson, Greyland's Managing Director made the strategic decision to upgrade its ISO 9001 Quality Management System to the latest ISO 9001:2015 standards and obtain the prestigious ISO 14001 Environmental Standard.
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BPI Recycled Products announces new name, RPC bpi recycled products

Following the acquisition of BPI Recycled Products by RPC Group, the new name for the business has been formally announced as RPC bpi recycled products. The company was part of British Polythene Industries until it was purchased by RPC Group in August 2016.

RPC bpi recycled products has been reorganised into four key business groups; Refuse, Recycling, Visqueen Ultimate Building Products and Plaswood.
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Teens wow officials with train coach cleaning system

Eight students in Mumbai have developed a novel vacuum cleaning system for train coaches, in a project said to have impressed cleaning officials even attracted the attention of railway minister Suresh Prabhu. The students - five of whom are US citizens and all aged 12-14 - visited Vadodara and Mumbai stations to study the rubbish disposal in train coaches before devising the cleaning system.
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Top Danish law firm picks ISS Denmark as its facility services partner

One of Denmark's leading business law firms has selected ISS to run its facility services at the firm's new, high-profile corporate headquarters in the heart of Copenhagen.
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Julius Rutherfoord designs bespoke cleaning solution

London's reopened Design Museum, which is set to become the world's leading museum of contemporary design and architecture as it reopens in a spectacular new location, has chosen Julius Rutherfoord as its specialist cleaning and soft FM services contractor.

Following a long search for larger premises to expand its activities, the Design Museum selected a unique landmark from the 1960s - a Grade II listed building in Kensington High Street, West London - as its new home.
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Welsh cleaning company nears final stage of school project

A Welsh cleaning services company has recently completed the third of a four-phase project for Afon Taf High School in Merthyr Tydfil. Clean Sweep has been contracted by Interserve, the international construction and support services group; conducting a live renovation of the high school; to complete cleaning services on each phase of the ongoing project.
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Scientific breakthrough reveals unprecedented alternative to battery power storage

Groundbreaking research from the University of Surrey and Augmented Optics, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has developed potentially transformational technology which could revolutionise the capabilities of appliances that have previously relied on battery power to work.
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Alliance Paper and Tissue premises burns down

Large quantities of paper were still burning under controlled conditions and under the watchful eye of 25 fire services crew last Thursday night, at the scene of the fire which started late the previous night at the old Alliance Paper and Tissue premises in Fordhouses, Wolverhampton.
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BCC Chairman hails Cleaning Show seminar programme

BCC Chairman, Simon Hollingbery, is urging visitors to the Cleaning Show in March to attend at least one seminar, as he says there is a wealth of information available that will be relevant to anyone running a UK cleaning business.
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Floorbrite completes Mannequin Challenge

Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge, which involved having a bucket of icy water thrown over you? Well now it's the turn of the Mannequin Challenge, where at a given time, those taking part have to pretend they're mannequins; sticking to the pose they're in when the challenge begins - as shown in this video produced by Floorbrite.
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Just five days left...

There are just five days to go before the curtain comes down on your chance to enter the CSSA UK Contract Cleaning Awards 2017.

Forget customer testimonials as a point of reference, (let's face it no-one ever offers a poor testimonial). If you need to provide a point of difference then "awards" is a fantastic way to do it.
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Greyland at the Cleaning Show 2017

This year's main UK cleaning industry event, the Cleaning Show 2017, returns to London - as does Greyland, now established over nearly 20 years as one of the country's leading cleaning chemical manufacturers.

Offering a comprehensive range of products for the janitorial distributor, Greyland has gained a first class reputation for exceptional value for money, clearly and descriptively labelled, and supplied to the distributor in the fastest turnaround times from order to delivery in the industry.
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Innovation in the bag

To the uninitiated, the manufacture of refuse sacks may seem straightforward. However, for those with a mission to develop the strongest, most cost-effective product from recycled polythene, innovation is essential.
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Regent Samsic's JPC wins Chiswick Park cleaning contract for third term

Regent Samsic's premium London brand JPC has resecured its £1.3 million contract to clean the city's prestigious Chiswick Park commercial development.
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An award-winning team at Julius Rutherfoord

Battersea-based Julius Rutherfoord had a successful evening at the Wandsworth Business Awards in December, taking home the Training & Development award, as well as being Highly Commended in the Best Customer Service and Best Green Business categories.
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As UK recycling rates drop - Keep Britain Tidy demands action

Recycling of waste collected from households across the UK has fallen for the first time since records began. The drop from 44.9% to 44.3% may seem small but this is deeply worrying - particularly when you consider that this masks the fact that recycling rates in Scotland and Wales actually increased, leaving England's performance to drag down the overall UK total.
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And what excuse do you have for not paying workers the minimum wage?

The 10 most bizarre excuses used by unscrupulous bosses found to have underpaid workers the UK National Minimum Wage were revealed yesterday by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The announcement is part of a £1.7 million UK Government awareness campaign designed to encourage workers to check their pay to ensure they are receiving at least the statutory minimum, ahead of the National Minimum and National Living Wages rising on 1st April.
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Cleaning Show expected to almost double in size in 2017

Following the success of the Cleaning Show's move to London in 2015, the 2017 event, which is being held 14th - 16th March at London's ExCeL, is expected to almost double in size, with some market-leading companies and many smaller organisations booked to exhibit.
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Contract cleaning company highlights security challenges

According to UK Home Office data, an estimated 500,000 to 900,000 people work illegally in Britain; many in the capital. There are hundreds of thousands of fraudulent identity documents in circulation in the UK, yet few contractors are able to spot them. Julius Rutherfoord has published a new best practice document, 'Security in Cleaning' and an accompanying infographic - both freely downloadable - to highlight the challenges of ensuring the safety and security of facilities being cleaned and the operatives cleaning them.
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Ecospill kicks off new year with updated brochure

Spill containment specialist Ecospill has launched its new brochure for 2017. Featuring a range of innovative new solutions to your workplace challenges, it introduces some great new products and expanded ranges, allowing you to be more spill-prepared than ever before.
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