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Cleaning companies seek ecolabels
16th of January 2023 Article by Christian Bouzols
Christian Bouzols in France explains how many firms in the sector are achieving ecolabel accreditation.
Their logos are well known and it’s common to see packaging with the Ecolabel name and its flower design or showing the Ecocert designation inside a red circle. These labels are present everywhere. Ecolabel was launched in 1992 and ..
Better learning in clean schools?
6th of January 2023 Article by John Griep
John Griep at VSR in the Netherlands, on research into the link between clean schools and learning.
It is the end of the year and this is traditionally the time for good intentions. Ours are not so different in form (doing research) from previous years; they are different in content, though. Indeed, in 2023, we will be conducting research into the effect of cleaning perceptions on school learning outcomes. Suppose you could contr..
The challenges of youth
20th of December 2022 Article by Lynn Webster
How can the cleaning sector attract more young people? Lynn Webster in the UK takes a look.
We continue to have serious concern about where the next generation of employees will come from - not only cleaning operatives but in the wider context of positions that remain unfilled due to retirement and resignation of vast numbers from many industries.
Following up on other articles on the issue of recruitment, many of our ass..
Report from a Mop Bucket revisited
13th of December 2022 Article by Lotte Printz
Lotte Printz on a Swedish cleaner and author, Maja Ekelöf, whose biography has just been released.
”Ugh! Most people would probably say when they think about working as a cleaner. It’s a dull word. You can almost sense the smell of dust and dirty water. You also sense the back pains and the chapped hands. This is a low-income job. All hard manual labour is, I suppose. You don’t think you need education ..
An everyday cleaning case study
5th of December 2022 Article by Katja Scholz
Katja Scholz in Germany brings us a cleaning case study from her recent visit to an alpaca farm.
During an extended trip this summer, I came across an alpaca farm. It had rained very hard that day, so I sat with a coffee in the comfortable farm shop and looked out at the almost 60-strong herd of alpacas which had found their home here. The farm shop with café attached is located in a converted barn.
In the roughly ..
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