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Workplace worries as lockdown lifts
26th of July 2021
Danes worry about returning to work so can our sector live up to expectations asks Lotte Printz.
Like cows jumping for joy as they are released to grass for the first time in spring, Danes have rushed to test centres and gladly queued for hours (in some places) to obtain a negative Covid-19 test allowing access to restaurants, museums and gyms
New environmental codes in Italy
21st of July 2021
The advent of new environmental rules is bringing change to the sector in Italy, says Anna Garbagna.
With the introduction of the New CAMs (Minimal Environmental Criteria) following the Decree of the Ministry of the Environment in January, many changes have been introduced in the professional cleaning sector.
Their implications were addressed in
How do we make home working secure?
8th of June 2021
The Covid vaccines rollout gives us hope for a strong global economic recovery following the pandemic … but will do nothing to rid the world of another toxic menace that has fed on people’s fears over the past year, writes Hartley Milner.
Fraudsters will have rubbed their hands with greedy anticipation when the world locked down early
When art and cleaning meet
4th of June 2021
From Germany, Katja Scholz on a special art project being supported by cleaning professionals.
When an artist and experts in all things to do with contract cleaning cooperate with a common purpose, something exceptional can happen. In a current project in Germany’s capital city Berlin, this has a name: MaHalla – the work of an artist,
It takes two to tango
3rd of June 2021
Scandinavian reporter Lotte Printz on the interaction between journalists and the cleaning industry. A clash of professions?
Let’s make it very clear from the beginning. This is not some sob story from a hurt journalist. In my time as a correspondent for ECJ, I’ve talked to and met many obliging people in and around this
Do scrubbers degrade air quality?
31st of May 2021
Dutch reporter John Griep on a study into whether cleaning machines actually pollute the air.
For once, this column is not about coronavirus, but about the paradoxical question of whether a cleaning machine can pollute at the same time. Although coronavirus still dominates our lives, other research continues. This includes research into the
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