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Italian philosophy for a cleaner world
25th of October 2013Italian correspondent Anna Garbagna reports from a meeting in Milan, where a project has been launched to clean up the city’s neighbourhoods.
The first event of Cleaning Aziendale Milanese took place during the summer in Milan.
The initiative - which is part of the ‘Milano Quartiere Pulito’ (Milan clean neighbourhood) project
Real people better than robots - say Danish residents
25th of October 2013
ECJ correspondent in Scandinavia, Petra Sjouwerman, reports from Denmark, where elderly residents like real cleaners more than robots.
Elderly residents in Denmark prefer real life cleaners. A recent study has shown that a majority of elderly Danes experienced a considerable reduction in their quality of life by having a robot vacuum instead of a
Dutch companies go from cleaning to FM
24th of October 2013
As Dutch correspondent Nico Lemmens of ISS Facility Services reports, more and more cleaning companies are broadening their scope of services.
As reported in ECJ’s last edition, more and more Dutch cleaning companies are broadening their service scope, often in collaboration with other facility service businesses like catering and security
Legionnaires disease - underestimated threat
24th of October 2013
ECJ German correspondent Thomas-Schulte-Marxloh reports on recent cases of Legionnaires disease.
The term Legionnaires’ disease names a bacterial infection with an organism that was first identified in 1976; but earlier cases were confirmed as far back as 1947. An outbreak of the disease in Philadelphia in 1976, largely among people
Outsourcing debate in UK service sector
23rd of September 2013
Our UK correspondent explores the controversial issue of outsourcing in the services sector.
Outsourcing, the way in which most of our cleaning services are provided today, has been the recipient of a poor press recently which it ought to regard as a shot across the bows for an industry which some may feel is a little too pleased with itself.
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Part-time work reorganisation for French cleaners
23rd of September 2013
French reporter Christian Bouzols brings news of an agreement designed to improve part-time working.
The major French unions and the French cleaning federation FEP have come to an agreement, expressed in a joint declaration, to improve provisions concerning part-time working in the cleaning sector. Their agreement is to move forward on existing
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