Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 29th August 2019 Issue no. 883
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   International News
Products New head of Canadian sales for Kaivac
ISSA's new 2020 board members announced
* Vice president/president elect: Steve Lewis, Golden Star China's waste ban creates growth opportunities for circular economy in developed countries
UV-Clean unit demonstrated its ability to eliminate 99.99% of C. diff and MRSA
Emitting low-intensity ultraviolet C light, UV-Clean eliminates 99.99% of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) endospores from keyboards. Bog Standards: survey reveals importance of washroom design in hospitality sector
Formica Group commissioned the report to better understand what makes a bathroom good or bad, asking 2,000 respondents for their most common toilet bugbears and their best and worst experiences. The report also includes top tips for designing the perfect washroom. Sustainable Cleaning Products Summit: key lessons
International Safety Awards 2020 are launched; new categories added
Visible light disinfection technology can be used within general lighting systems
Based around developments in the disciplines of lighting science and microbiology, they combine white and narrowband 405 nanometer (nm) visible light to meet ambient and task lighting requirements, while providing a continuous, unobtrusive disinfection option for commercial applications. Ultimate washroom style in three easy steps
Exclusive offer for Cleanzine readers: Two free tickets to CMS World Summit 2019 in Berlin!
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Welcome to the
Cleanzine - the original Cleaning & Hygiene industry e-news Read by industry professionals in 163 countries worldwide! If you're a regular reader of my Leaders you'll be aware that I spend many Summer weekends at festivals, enjoying the great outdoors, meeting new people, learning new skills, watching some great performers and sleeping in a tent. I also enjoy using the clean, sweet-smelling compost loos which don't require water for flushing and whose contents will, further down the line, be used to help nourish the crops. If you don't attend the types of festivals that I frequent, you may be thinking that along with this 'hippie' vibe comes the damage to the countryside... litter, mountains of plastics, abandoned tents and other equipment... But it's not necessarily so.
The festivals I generally attend have a 'no drink, no drugs' policy and the 'Leave no trace' mantra often derided in the mainstream press is always adhered to. This year though I performed at a festival that doesn't have a drink/drugs ban and by golly what a difference! The large group I was with, are, like me, keen environmentalists and the only traces we left were faded patches where our tents had stood. Much of the site was the same but there were pockets of utter devastation where you couldn't see the ground for litter and abandoned equipment. In the midst of at least one of these pockets stood a tent that had been used by the group as a toilet. Disgusting doesn't begin to describe it... I support the call by Clean up Britain (www.cleanupbritain.org) for festival-goers to have to partake in a tent deposit scheme whereby they pay a deposit when they take a tent into the festival, with the money returned to them when they leave with the tent. I wonder though whether the £25 mooted is enough to be a real deterrent? I had a chat with the organisation's founder John Read this morning to learn more about his proposals. He says that any money not claimed could be used to administer a tent distribution scheme for homeless charities, youth clubs, community groups etc. Like me, he feels that if the tents and other equipment are salvageable, everything should be done to prevent them from going to landfill. I also agree with John's point that the organisers of the environmentally-damaging festivals should launch a sustained and highly visible advertising campaign in the run-up to - and during - future festivals to make people aware of the environmental damage they're causing. He also suggests that the councils involved should insist that organisers embrace these sort of suggestions as a condition of granting the festival licence - another great idea!
Yours,
         This Week's News
How to use a smartphone to detect Norovirus...
A little bit of Norovirus - the highly infectious microbe that causes millions of cases of food poisoning and about 200,000 deaths globally each year - goes a long way. Just 10 particles of the virus can cause illness in humans. The researchers have created a simple, portable and inexpensive method for detecting extremely low levels of Norovirus. It pays to keep those floors and steps clean and dry...
That was just one payout by Network Rail... Data obtained by the BBC has revealed that Network Rail has paid out nearly £1m in five years for slips, trips and falls at its stations across the UK. Over half of the payouts were made following accidents at the London stations Euston, Paddington, Victoria and Liverpool Street. Diarrhoea-causing C.diff bacteria adapts to improve spread in hospitals
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Wellcome Sanger Institute and collaborators, identified genetic changes in the newly-emerging species that allow it to thrive on the Western sugar-rich diet, evade common hospital disinfectants and spread easily. Easy-peazy, lemon squeezy: A new era of sanitary and sweet-smelling floor cleaning has arrived
Renowned UK chemicals manufacturer Bio Productions is getting rave reviews about this addition to its portfolio of environmentally-sympathetic alternatives to traditional harsh chemicals. CMS Practice Forum 2019 - an overview
As the trade fair provides an international platform for expertise in the cleaning and hygiene market, the Practice Forum has been designed to address every specialist audience in the cleaning sector. Birmingham University researchers say new antimicrobial coating could be key in fight against HAIs
Developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham, patented by University of Birmingham Enterprise, and to be commercialised by a new company NitroPep, the coating - also called NitroPep - has been heralded as a new tool in the fight against the spread of infection. Genting casino site uses smart technology to save 1.5 million litres of water annually
Many businesses have, as yet, struggled to find a way to dramatically reduce their water consumption in their property estates - despite many recognising this as a sustainability challenge.
The world's sole owner of Perklone and Triklone, the company produces a huge portfolio of products which includes a range of surfactants for household & industrial hygiene cleaning and precision cleaning, as well as coatings and fragrances. Breckland fly tipper and illegal waste carrier face fines
The fly tipper, who was apprehended thanks to public reports, was interviewed under police caution before the council's Enforcement Officer issued him with a fixed penalty notice. The officer was able to link the waste to the offender, who had left household waste and clothes near a wooded glade, rather taking it to the nearby recycling centre. Wellbeing provider Mytime Active chooses B38 Group for its 26 sites
The Wakefield-based facilities management company will manage a wide range of services covering mechanical and engineering; and heating, ventilation and air conditioning. In addition, B38 Group will take a more strategic role including the provision of maintenance staff, training and support, as well as building lifecycle management with forward maintenance planning. NIC secures major new contract award with Morrisons
NIC's innovative approach to cleaning and its extensive knowledge of the retail sector ensured that it was successful in retaining and growing the contract as one of Morrisons' key supplier partners. Its first-class service delivery has ensured that this partnership continues to grow and develop. 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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