Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 1st November 2018 Issue no. 844
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Products Industrial vacuum cleaner market likely to be worth $681.3 million by 2023
'Industrial Vacuum Cleaner Market by Type (Dry and Wet & Dry), Power Source (Electric & Pneumatic), Industry (Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Metalworking, and Building & Construction), and Region - Global Forecast to 2023'.
A study led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has shown that carbon fibres can work as battery electrodes, storing energy directly. This opens up new opportunities for structural batteries, where the carbon fibre becomes part of the energy system. The researchers' vision is of vehicles where a large part of the body of the vehicle consists of structural lithium ion batteries. Introducing the latest in backpack vacuum cleaning technology
RAS publishes Happy Toilets @ Preschools Booklet & Handbook to mark 20th anniversary
Dust specialist launches most powerful gas-powered extractor to date
New head of Nilfisk in Europe, Middle East and Africa boasts global profile
Steen brings to the role more than 25 years' international experience from the power tool and hand tool industry, working for the US-founded company Stanley Black & Decker. Surface disinfectant market to grow at a healthy CAGR of 10.40%
KCP champions Scott Clean workplaces to promote hand hygiene on Global Handwashing Day 2018
CMS Berlin 2019: Record early bookings a year before launch day
Avmor celebrates Its 70th Anniversary by looking forward to the next 70 years
Cintas Xtraction floor mat captures dirt and water with ease
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Welcome to the Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! I live in Epsom in southern England in what used to be called 'the stockbroker belt' where decades ago, wealthy gentlemen would don their pinstripe suits and bowler hats and take the train into the City of London, with a posh brolly and a copy of the Financial Times in their hands, which would in turn keep them dry and informed during their commute to the office.
Just a few minutes' walk from Epsom station is an illegal dump which in eight days became filled with some 100,000 tonnes of fly-tipped waste - some of it contaminated and some of it potentially hazardous. A huge chunk of our council tax, which is badly needed for local services, will be spent clearing that tip and I'm not happy! The dump is within walking distance of my home and close to the civic amenity tip - in place to deal responsibly with the type of waste that's been dumped. I'm delighted that the BBC (www.bbc.co.uk ) was able to identify the gang leader responsible for this crime and I sincerely hope that the criminals are imprisoned and their ill-gotten gains confiscated. But what of the businesses and ordinary householders who paid cash to have their rubbish removed, probably because they thought it would be less expensive than using a licenced company? Hasn't it occurred to them that although it might be cheap and convenient, it's going to cost them more money in the end, because by encouraging this sort of crime it's going to become more widespread? In England alone, it's estimated that there are 114 cases of illegal dumping every hour and that last year £58 million from our council tax was spent cleaning it up. Why has it become so lucrative and easy for waste to be illegally dumped rather than being taken to the official tip? We're told not to pay tradespeople cash as it encourages tax avoidance and makes it harder for the authorities to trace fly tippers, and we're also told to check carrier registration details before paying anyone to remove our rubbish. It's clearly not enough to stop the rot, is it, but what's the answer? Please get in touch with your ideas! Please get in touch either by emailing me or posting a comment on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Cleanzine
Yours, This Week's News
ISSA heralds 2018's innovators
As an event marking the kick-off of ISSA Show North America 2018, taking place in Dallas, Texas and finishing today, the reception was selected as the venue to reveal the Category Award winners of the 2018 ISSA Innovation Award Program; a platform to gather and recognise the cleaning industry's most innovative products and services from top manufacturers and suppliers. Wild about washrooms! Nature calls winner of Cintas America's Best Restroom contest
"We're thrilled that the public is as wild about our restrooms as we are," says Toni Westland, the wildlife refuge's supervisor refuge ranger. "As one of 566 national wildlife refuges around the country, we saw the restrooms as a major missed opportunity for educating visitors, which is why our new Learning Lavatories encourage visitors to become entirely immersed in refuge habitat and wildlife." Campaign tells public not to 'toss' their litter
It supports the message used by charity Keep Britain Tidy in their UK-wide initiative to tackle the problem of roadside litter. Diversey announces 5% price increase in Europe by 1st January 2019
Since late 2017, Diversey's business has been presented with significant cost increases in labour, energy, transportation and raw materials. These increases, it reports, have been due to strong inflation, capacity constraints, 'Force Majeure' supplier events and an increasingly stricter global regulatory landscape. Looking lively! London Cleaning Show 2019 steps up a gear with loads that's new
A new Resource Management Show is set to run alongside main exhibition and conference, which will once again feature suppliers, manufacturers, training organisations and trade organisations that are all involved in the cleaning, facilities management and waste management sectors. Loo of the Year Awards Sponsors announced
A family owned business established over 57 years ago, Clos-o-Mat (pictured) has a continued vision of enabling everyone to deal with their intimate toileting needs with as much independence, dignity and control as possible, at home and away, however big or small the space available. Fresh from Greyland; the Green and Orange Maximum Range just got bigger
Green-Maximum Biological Washroom Deodoriser & Cleaner does just what the label says it will - it removes organic staining and maintains a clean, odour free washroom. Green-Maximum is available in 5L bulk canisters as well as 750ml Ready To Use trigger sprays. OspreyDeepclean's iS80 Pro: a diesel-powered heavyweight for the toughest of tasks
One of four models making up the iSteam range; the iS80 Pro has an increased steam powered output of up to 16 bar and utilises up to 1.8 litres/minute of water (dry) and 3.3 litres/minute (wet) making it ideal for heavy duty degreasing tasks in engineering industries including the maritime and oil trades. It is also ideally suited for facade cleaning, exterior building restoration work and sports stadium cleaning. Dolphin: Supplier of all things washroom related...
You might be familiar with the Dolphin Solutions name from when the company won the 2017 Cleaning Show Innovation Award, having impressed the judges with its Twin Micro and Mini Jumbo products. However, the company is not 'just' a washroom dispenser manufacturer; it is truly a washroom solutions provider. SC Johnson accelerates progress boosting plastic recycling and reuse
Ocean plastic has reached a global crisis level, with eight million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year - the equivalent of one dump truck load every minute. Fisk Johnson, chairman and CEO of SC Johnson, witnessed this pollution himself on a dive recently in Indonesia. TVH Parts Holding sponsors FLTA Environment Awards
The FLTA Awards of Excellence 2019 will be presented at the International Centre in Telford on 30th March. The host will be TV personality Mark Durden-Smith. 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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Typical of this special company culture is the support of the entire workforce for 'Wear it Pink' Day. Revealed: new names for recycling trucks!
The names are: - Reggie Refuse Envirocall leads Emma Bridgewater post-fire clean-up
Viridor invests £3.7m in Crayford materials recycling facility to improve quality and safety
Environmental Cleaners laud perseverance and expertise of military forces
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The increasingly important role of technology in the cleaning industry
YPO joins CHSA as Accredited Distributor
YPO's decision to join signifies the Scheme's importance to buyers of cleaning and hygiene products. Only by buying from Accredited members can purchasers and end users of these products be certain 'what's on the box is what's in the box'. Belfast weekend demonstrates benefits of wet cleaning
Van Excellence launches calm solution for poor driver mental health
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