ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

CDC updates its COVID-19 cleaning guidance for homes and workplaces

Regular surface cleaning with soap and detergent is generally sufficient to reduce the spread of COVID-19, according to new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and

Looking back on a difficult year - Italy's cleaning sector

The latest figures for product sales in Italy have been published. Anna Garbagna tells us more.

The annual Professional Cleaning Sector Survey (July-November), carried out by

A critical view of façade coatings

Dutch correspondent John Griep examines the claims made by façade coating manufacturers.

For cleaning companies, applying façade coatings provides an extra

A better life for cleaners

Cleaning our buildings, facilities, streets and pavements is a crucial job – but often an unrewarding one. ECJ finds out what is being done by international bodies and

Offshore cleaners on deck in Norway

Take a trip offshore to meet an unusual breed of cleaners with Scandinavian reporter Lotte Printz.

Like most workplaces, offshore oil-drilling platforms have not escaped new

Hygiene in healthcare - is it all about COVID?

Outbreaks of MRSA, c.difficile, the norovirus and other hospital-acquired infections used to dominate the healthcare news. But references to such once-common conditions have