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Hotel cleaner caught cleaning mugs with toilet brush in hidden camera footage
9th of January 2018
Cleaners at luxury hotels in China have been caught on camera cleaning guests' teacups with toilet brushes. Footage then shows them using the same brush to scrub down the toilet and bath.
Cleaners were filmed by undercover journalists at the Kempinski Hotel, the Shangri-La Hotel and the Sheraton Harbin Xiangfang Hotel in Harbin, north-western
Muslim community cleans up Britain’s streets in huge voluntary effort
8th of January 2018
While New Year's revellers slept it off in the UK's cities, Muslim volunteers were out in force cleaning up the mess created by the night before.
Voluntary clean-ups took place in various centres including London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Huddersfield, Glasgow and Newcastle. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association claims it is part of their "religious
The long fight against illiteracy
5th of January 2018
The French federation of cleaning companies (FEP) is actively involved in national initiatives tackling illiteracy, writes ECJ correspondent Christian Bouzols in his latest blog.
Major clean-up follows New Year celebrations in Times Square
4th of January 2018
More than 290 cleaning operatives took to the streets of New York this week.
Their task was to clear up the mess created by the estimated one million revellers who celebrated New Year's Eve in Times Square.
Times Square is where the renowned "ball drop" takes place at 11.59pm precisely. A giant glittering ball descends 43 metres down a flagpole,
Dirty washrooms deter 97 per cent of Brits from returning to a restaurant
3rd of January 2018
New research has revealed just how many people are put off returning to restaurants because of the poor standard of the washrooms.
The survey commissioned by Cannon Hygiene was carried out by YouGov, who polled 2,012 Britsh adults. Over 97 per cent of those questioned would be put off returning to a restaurant or bar because of poor toilets.
ISSA and Amsterdam RAI restructure agreement
2nd of January 2018
Cleaning industry association ISSA and RAI Amsterdam, who previously co-organised the ISSA/INTERCLEAN group of cleaning trade exhibitions around the world, have restructured their agreement to "allow both organisations to thrive in the global marketplace".
As part of the restructure Amsterdam RAI events will be named Interclean while ISSA will
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