Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 6th June 2019 Issue no. 873
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International News
Products CMS Berlin 2019: Hotels and catering form important target group
Programme to end open defecation in Jharkhand ends up transforming gender roles
New study finds the germiest places in cars aren't where people think
GumBusters: Who you gonna call?
Origo2 from Vileda wins 'Pulire 2019 Product of the Year'
Endless opportunities hiding amidst ageing infrastructure to fuel portable pressure washer market
Total cleaning & laundry solutions for Indonesia - a growing market
Waxie mourns loss of longtime employee, Jim Fischer
Brightwell Dispensers acquired by SEKO Group
Seko, founded in 1976 and based in Rieti, Italy, is a global leader in chemical dosing and control technology, with 22 subsidiaries and a network of partner distributors worldwide. Brightwell Dispensers will continue to operate under its own name as a separate entity to Seko, retaining its existing R&D, sales, marketing and administration functions while continuing its long-term growth strategy. OptiSolve germ report on hotels reveals which surfaces have the most germs in a hotel
CMS Berlin 2019: expanded show space and highly anticipated 'Cleaning Summit'
Exemplifying the 'American Dream', 73-year-old crowned 2019 School Custodian of the Year
Vectair Systems supports environmental RSPO initiative to minimise effects of palm oil industry
IEHA partners with UNLV Harrah College of Hospitality
The organisations will work together to further shared goals of research-driven education for directors of housekeeping in hotels, casinos, cruise ships and similar venues worldwide. |
Welcome to the Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! I'm sure that like me, you'll have been dismayed, reading about and seeing the pictures this week of the clean-up operation on Mount Everest. That the world's highest mountain should become so sullied, beggars belief. I was about to ask: 'What are people thinking?' when it occurred to me that the instinct for survival is greater in most of us than will be the desire to 'leave no trace' and when one considers how many people are dying up there, I understand why climbers want to descend as easily as possible. Thus, some of the rubbish doesn't surprise me, although I daresay that the majority of it could be carried back down by descending climbers, even if it's not their own rubbish they're taking. Speaking at a function organised to conclude this season's Everest Clean-up Campaign, Nim Dorjee Sherpa, chairman of Nepal's Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, said that measures to control the pollution are under discussion and that a bar-code tracking system will be used to force climbers to bring back their waste as they return to base... It will be interesting to see how that one works out! Dandu Raj Ghimire, director general at the Department of Tourism, said that the clean-up had been "very successful despite unfavourable weather", and that the team had collected more than the expected amount of waste and number of bodies. The total amounted to around 24,000lb of waste, (disgraceful, eh?) mainly comprising wrappers, cans, bottles and oxygen cylinders, as well as four bodies. Around 10 tonnes of degradable waste was passed to the 'Blue Waste to Value' company for recycling. More rubbish still needs to be removed though, as well as bodies. That's quite a cleaning job to have, isn't it? I wonder how many cleaners there are in the world who need to also be expert climbers. Thinking about that and the item we're carrying this week about cleaning an underground science lab which simulates the surface of Mars, has had me thinking... some years back (actually it was during the last millennium!) whilst editing Cleaning & Maintenance magazine, I covered a story about the cleaning of an aquarium - I believe it may have been in Brighton - which involved the cleaners donning diving gear and taking to the tanks to carry out their work. It strikes me that there must be an awful lot of unusual cleaning projects around the world. If you're involved in any of these, I'd love to hear about them!
Yours,
This Week's News
2020 Kimberly-Clark Professional Golden Service Awards open for entries
ACI adds three to strengthen communications, advocacy and science teams
Taylor Bradley as manager, environmental & scientific affairs, Arielle Brown as manager, government affairs and Joanne Oh as communications & outreach coordinator. 24th 'Pulire - The Smart Show' boasts record attendance
The three-day show closed with excitement regarding what the ISSA/Afidamp partnership-the ISSA Pulire Network-will bring for the 2021 edition. Arrow Solutions signs up global customers for its new, safer corrosion preventative product
Arrow Solutions, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018, has launched Shield NF this week as its new corrosion-preventative, dewatering and light lubricant solution and has already signed up a number of customers from across the automotive, aerospace, rail and oil and gas sectors. DebMed now key component of an expanded product offering from new parent
Deep cleaning 4,600 feet down...
For over five years Barbara and her Mitie colleague, George Currie, have supported the research of some of the country's most respected geologists, astrophysicists and climate scientists. Citron Hygiene completes follow up acquisition in the UK
NuShield films protect interactive displays at new Statue of Liberty Museum
The NuShield Triple A screen protector films placed on the large interactive displays in the Engagement Gallery eliminate glare on the screen, which is produced by the glass-enclosed construction of the building. This film also provides anti-microbial protection which is useful in killing germs since thousands of visitors will be touching the screens each day. Hanwha launches campaign to help clean Vietnam's Mekong River
The campaign will combat the pollutants floating in the Mekong River and will rely heavily on Hanwha's solar-powered boats, which use conveyor belts to quickly and efficiently scoop floating trash on the river's surface. CHSA members and guests raise over £8,000 for Grief Encounter
"We set the goal of raising £10,000 this year to pay for a Residential Retreat for up to 30 bereaved children," reveals chairman of the CHSA, Stephen Harrison. "Thanks to the generosity of our members and their guests we are now well on the way." Loo of the Year Awards provide excellent sponsorship opportunities
Family-owned Biokleen celebrates 30th Anniversary
Jim, along with his daughter Cindy and, for the past 15 years, his son-in-law Barry Firth, have grown the company into the third largest natural cleaning products company in Canada, according to Spinsscan. Cordant Group embarks on marathon climbs for charity
The huge party - which includes many of the managing directors from Cordant Group's businesses, including Brendan Musgrove (Cordant Security), Guy Packenham (Cordant Cleaning), Kelly Kendall (Cordant People) and Jamie Reynolds (PMP Recruitment) - have signed up to the daunting event on Saturday 15th June. 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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