ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards – and the winners are…!

The winners of the inaugural European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards - founded by ECJ - were announced at a glittering ceremony in Barcelona last night.

Finalists, industry

Paris’ elite cleaning unit

French ECJ correspondent Christian Bouzols reports on a special cleaning team that takes care of exceptional operations in Paris.

It is 6.30 on a Thursday morning in Paris. Four

Hygiene compliance: how to reduce the occurrence of hospital-acquired infections?

Dr Ilham Kadri, president of the Diversey Care division at Sealed Air, writes her latest blog for ECJ. She looks at the challenges of preventing hospital-acquired infections

90 per cent of Gurgaon state schools have no cleaners

For the last two years, most government primary schools in the district of Gurgaon in India have not had cleaning staff. As a result, schools have dirty premises and foul-smelling

Glasgow hospital cleaners take on vital communications role

Glasgow hospital cleaners are being offered a valuable role that will enable them to communicate with vulnerable patients.

The cleaning staff are being trained in the use of body

China students must pay extra for 'excessive' toilet flushing

The flushing of toilets at a Chinese college is to be rationed in a bid to conserve water.

Students at the Kunming Health Vocational College in China's Yunnan province are each