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Spray bottles - a Trojan horse?
9th of December 2019
From the Netherlands, John Griep at VSR reports on some new research about the hygiene of spray bottles holding cleaning solution.
Cleaning professionals get things clean. Or don’t they? Apparently, it’s not that simple. Indeed, with the arrival of smartphones and the use of tablets in healthcare settings, awareness has grown of
Managing the experience
21st of November 2019News from correspondent John Griep, director of the Dutch Association for Cleaning Research (VSR).
Forget the objective measurement of fingermarks, dust particles and cleaning performance. During the VSR’s recent event, the focus was on the staff’s subjective work experience. For example, temperature – a relatively small
A workplace out of the ordinary
20th of November 2019
Lotte Printz, ECJ’s correspondent in Denmark, reports from an inspiring business - The Laundry.
“It could be a cleaning company, a bicycle workshop or something else. The main thing is that each and every one can contribute and that we do things together,” Pia Stabell Hjort says.
She and Katrine Knudsen are social workers who
What do we know about cleaners?
19th of November 2019
A survey by the French Ministry of Labour shows that the industry set to recruit the most people over the next three years is cleaning. ECJ reporter Christian Bouzols tells us more.
It turns out from a recent survey by the French Ministry of Labour that the trade that’s going to recruit the most people these next three years is none other
A lifelong approach to sustainability
31st of October 2019
Lynn Webster, ECJ correspondent in the UK, highlights issues surrounding sustainability.
At the recent European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards, one category, Best Practice in Sustainability was highlighted as the most discussed topic around. Growing further into both our corporate and individual world it more and more impacts into our everyday
Plenty of job prospects in Italy
30th of October 2019
Anna Garbagna tells us about a new alliance in Italy’s professional cleaning sector.
There is a ‘new birth in the cleaning world: from ANIP-Confindustria (National Association of Cleaning and Integrated Services Companies); ANID (National Pest Control Association); ASSOSISTEMA (Association Integrated Industrial System of Goods and
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