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Cleaning takes on a different value
28th of July 2021
What are the implications of the coronavirus for work and buildings, Dutch reporter John Griep asks.
What are the implications of the coronavirus culture shock for work and buildings? This was the subject of the VSR webinar held recently. During lockdown, Jitske Kramer wrote the management book ‘Work has Left the Building’, well known
Entries open for ISSA Pulire Product of the Year
27th of July 2021
Organisers at this year's ISSA Pulire show, taking place from September 7-9 in Verona, are inviting exhibitors to submit their entries for the Product of the Year 2021.
The winner will be announced on the first day of the show.
Entries are judged on a number of criteria:
• Technical quality
• Functionality and ease of use
•
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
EFCI to host week of online seminars
23rd of July 2021
The European Cleaning and Facility Services Industry (EFCI) - the federation of the European national associations of the cleaning and facility services sector - is to host a week of online seminars from October 11-15. The focus - sustainability and innovation.
The programme will tackle the impact of Covid-19 on the industry and the challenges
Sheffield council encourages residents to borrow litter-picking equipment
22nd of July 2021
Residents of Sheffield are being offered litter-picking equipment to help them keep their city's streets clean.
Anyone keen to join the scheme is provided with a litter-picker, plastic bags and disposable gloves and is invited to pick up litter from pavements, verges and public land.
Volunteers are asked to secure the rubbish in bags, but no
The lavatory that pays out when users spend a penny
20th of July 2021
A South Korean professor has created an eco-friendly toilet that rewards students with digital currency every time they use it.
Students are "paid" to use the lavatory because each visit helps the university to offset energy bills and grow plants in the campus gardens.
The new eco-toilet toilet at South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of
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