Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 7th June 2018 Issue no. 825
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International News
Products Global contract cleaning market to be dominated by ABM, Anago Cleaning, ISS and ServiceMaster
TVH launches new TotalSource Master catalogue
Georgia-Pacific opens facility to drive supply chain innovation
Latin American women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia launch worldwide campaign on Indiegogo
Treatment that transforms sintered stone facades into self-cleaning air purifiers wins award
Contractor fined after admitting awareness of underpayments to subcontractor's workforce
Interclean Amsterdam's Full Circle Exhibition reaffirms its position in the industry
With a combination of old and new segments, Interclean Amsterdam was able to offer a complete overview of the newest technologies and trends in the professional cleaning market. The robot arena, the InnovationLAB and the new Healthcare Cleaning Forum and LAB were particularly popular. Standards increase economic growth and help companies access foreign markets
A vast majority of the respondents, 87%, consider that standardisation plays a key role in their future business plans. Cintas free 'Got to Go' app identifies and rates clean public washrooms across US
Nettuno announces loss of Giancarlo Fratus, CEO
"It is with deep sorrow that Nettuno announces the passing of Giancarlo Fratus, sales director and CEO of the company. Better decisions from better air
New ETW SmartCycle biomethane plant in operation in France
Sun shines on beautiful Amsterdam in time for Interclean's opening
Kärcher wins Amsterdam Innovation Award 2018
The machine boasts a step forward in robotics technology for the cleaning industry and overcomes some of the obstacles of similar machines. Tork Paper Circle from Essity wins Visitor's Choice Award
Tork PaperCircle is turning the hand drying business on its head by offering the world's first paper hand towel recycling service, helping businesses go circular, cutting the carbon footprint of paper hand towels by 40% and paving the way for future change in standards on what can be recycled and included as accepted paper grades. Cleanovate - future engineering by Hako
Hako's stand showcased a wide range of impressive pioneering solutions which, already today, are contributing to the shaping of tomorrow's world of cleaning technology. |
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Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! I've just returned from the first of my Summer festivals and am delighted to say that once again the need to recycle everything we could, was given great importance by the festival organisers, in as much as what we didn't recycle, we were forced to bring home with us. My picture, taken at last year's Buddhafield (as I forgot to take a picture of the facilities at Colourfest) shows how it's done and to make things easier, this was just one of the recycling stations at the site. The receptacles were emptied regularly and the contents taken to a main station where they were checked and washed by volunteers, before being placed in biodegradable bags. The idea is that if you make it easy for people to recycle, they're more likely to do so. I can't help thinking that if our local authorities were to make it more difficult for us to condemn our rubbish to landfill, more of us would make the effort to recycle everything possible. Instead, many of the authorities making up the county of Surrey, where I live, are actually making it more difficult for us to recycle by reducing the hours that many of our local civic amenity tips are open; not opening them at all a couple of days a week and closing them so early during the week that those who go out to work can't take those of their recyclables that aren't covered by the weekly collection, to the dump during the week, so have to join long queues at the weekend. Some local councils - including mine - have reinstated weekly collections, which means that our waste bins never get full and thus provide an open invitation for us to bin things that should really be recycled. I know there's a shortage of money in the budgets but if our councils spent more wisely and made things easier (rather than harder) for residents, a great deal more could be achieved... Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Cleanzine You can also follow us on Twitter @cleanzine Yours, This Week's News
Global technology research and advisory company Technavio has published a new market research report on the global carpet cleaning products market from 2018-2022. The company projects the global carpet cleaning products market to post a compound annual growth rate of over 3% during the forecast period and says that the introduction of differentiated products along with innovative packaging are key emerging trends to drive the market. Hospital sees 47% reduction in HAIs after adding pulsed xenon UV disinfection to cleaning protocols A germ-fighting robot that uses pulsed xenon ultraviolet light to sanitise rooms at Trinity Hospital is giving a boost to the hospital's infection control program. Trinity Health deployed two Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots two years ago as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) - infections that patients acquire while receiving treatment in a hospital, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and Clostridium difficile (C. diff). Welsh global biosciences company extends probiotic cleaning range to empower consumers Cardiff-based, Genesis Biosciences, a global biosciences company specialising in safe and natural microbial products, widely used in the professional cleaning industries, has launched its products on Amazon, in a move that will make the innovative cleaning range available to the consumer market. Since its foundation in 1998, the award-winning company has garnered a strong reputation across many industries, selling its products in more than 50 countries worldwide. New head of engineering at ICE ICE has appointed Lee Owen as its new head of engineering. Lee joined ICE in 2013 as a field service engineer and progressed very quickly to the role of technical support manager the following year. He was then promoted to field service manager in 2016 and was responsible for managing over 30 field engineers in the southern region. As head of engineering, Lee will be responsible for ensuring that the entire engineering team provides an excellent service. He has a wealth of skills and experience, and is a real asset to ICE. Award confirms recycling best practices RPC bpi recycled products has been named 'Plastics Recycling Business of the Year' in the Awards for Excellence in Recycling & Waste Management, organised by Letsrecycle.com, the UK's leading independent website for the sector. The Awards are the most prestigious event in the environmental calendar, providing industry recognition for businesses' achievements in reducing waste to landfill. RPC bpi recycled products took the award in one of the hardest-fought and most competitive of the 16 categories. New Kaivac 2750 comes with patent-pending black box Kaivac's all-new 2750 No-Touch Cleaning system not only has greater capacity, so users can clean more areas without refilling the machine, but it also offers a wide range of additional features and benefits. Chief among them, the 2750 incorporates Kaivac's patent-pending removable Black Box engine compartment. The Black box contains the essential components powering the 2750. Users can return the Black Box for rapid repair or exchange. This helps minimise downtime and cost. Greyland customer wins 'No.1 SME Commercial Cleaning Company 2018' award Greyland Distributor FX Supplies Ltd has been awarded the accolade of 'No.1 SME Commercial Cleaning Company 2018.' Pontefract-based FX Supplies, now primarily an FM company, started only in 2013 selling paper and janitorial products into schools and local businesses. It further developed to offer cleaning staff and caretakers. The contract cleaning side developed rapidly alongside this, with schools, doctors surgeries and commercial businesses soon asking for help. Arrow Solutions heads to H&C Expo with expanded commercial hygiene range One of the UK's leading manufacturers of cleaning products will be showcasing its newly rebranded commercial hygiene range at H&C Expo - the new hospitality and catering show - in July. Arrow Solutions, which celebrates 50 years in business in 2018, will be teaming up with Yate Supplies to display high-performance products covering housekeeping, washroom, kitchen, dishwasher, floorcare and draincare. Great washroom cleaners recognised in LOTY Awards programme In 2017 Loo of the Year Awards introduced the unique Washroom Cleaner of the Year Awards.
These Awards relate specifically to the dedicated cleaning staff that look after the facilities, rather than the washrooms themselves. CHSA heads to House of Commons later this month The Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association is holding an event at the House of Commons on 26th June, with the theme: 'In a changing world, why customer experience matters more than ever'. Jon Purdy, EMEA director of customer experience at Kimberly-Clark Professional, is the keynote speaker for the event. He will look at the evolving demands of customers and the ways in which the cleaning industry is adapting - and needs to adapt - to meet their needs. ISS wins major public-school contract in Australia ISS Australia has won a contract with the Victorian State Government to provide cleaning services to 214 public schools in Western and North Eastern Melbourne. Once mobilised, the contract will become one of the largest contracts in the ISS Pacific business.
ISS will provide cleaning services to 214 public schools with more than 500 cleaning professionals directly employed by ISS, ensuring consistency and compliance across all sites. Driven by African group Excellerate - Templewood acquires LCC Templewood Services, a leading services company supplying cleaning, hygiene, washroom and security services to blue chip clients across the UK, has this week announced the acquisition of LCC Support Services, one of the UK's largest independently owned national contract cleaning specialists. TSC eliminates need to touch toilet seat underside This motherly admonition has been heard by everyone - "Don't touch the toilet seat" - because it was issued every time a youngster went into the bathroom. Times are changing though... the TSC is a form-fitting, molded plastic cover or 'grip' that slips onto and over a segment of a toilet seat and provides the user a germ-free 'handle' for raising or lowering the seat, without touching it. 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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Waste management 'biggest contributor' to UK environmental goods and services sector
Keep up the good work on recycling
Bin liners incorporated into CHSA's Accreditation Scheme for Plastic Sacks
Dustcontrol and Speedy combine for Willmott Dixon in London landmark refurbishment
The partnership centres on a Willmott Dixon project to refurbish the Old Admiralty Building (OAB) in Horseguards Parade, central London, an undertaking that will see the Grade II listed building transformed into a modern working environment. Congratulations to Vectair Systems; celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year!
Founded in April 1988 by CEO Paul Wonnacott (pictured) from his small bedroom in the UK, the company have progressed over the 30 years to be a world leader in aircare and hygiene, holding many International patents and trademarks. Morclean looking for additional international distributors for its BinWash system...
The trailer-mounted BinWash is a new idea in the bin cleaning industry and has taken huge strides in improving what had historically been available. With worldwide emphasis on green and eco-friendly products, the Binwash offers a sustainable, eco-friendly alternative for those who are conscious about their carbon footprint. Ecological cleaning products manufactured in the UK
"Bio-Productions is the innovator behind the original non-pDCB urinal block," said the company's Angela Gill. Events & Exhibitions Interclean China 2024 American Cleaning Institute Industry Convention, London Cleaning Show ISSA Pulire 2025 ISSA Show North America |