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Crow finds a job in a Turkish toilet
9th of July 2021
A washroom attendant in Turkey has found himself an unlikely feathered assistant.
Ismail Atmaca is using a young crow as his deputy when away from his post.
Atmaca, from Birecik in south-east Turkey, found the crow chick on the ground earlier this year. It had apparently fallen from its nest and was too frail to fly. So Atmaca took the bird
Tokyo opens another state-of-the-art toilet ahead of the Olympics
7th of July 2021
A new iconic public toilet has opened in Tokyo. And there are more to come as the city steps up plans to open a series of state-of-the-art facilities ahead of the Olympics.
Situated in Tokyo's Nabeshima Shoto Park, "The Toilet Village" is the brainchild of Kengo Kuma. He is the architect behind the main venue for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic
Spanish cleaning association added 5,000 new workers during pandemic year
28th of June 2021
The Spanish contract cleaning association ASPEL has published its annual report and revealed that it recruited 5,000 new workers to the sector during the pandemic year. This is despite the enormous challenges being faced by the industry as a whole during 2020.
Presenting the findings of the report, president Juan Díez de los Ríos
Australia’s state schools face cleaning cuts
25th of June 2021
A scheme to change cleaning levels in Australia's state schools - delayed due to the pandemic - now looks set to go ahead despite controversy.
The scheme calculates the number of cleaning hours required in each school based on its floor area. A New South Wales Education Department spokesperson claims this method is fairer than the previous one,
Only one in three adolescents practise appropriate hand hygiene: study
24th of June 2021
Adolescents have suboptimal hand hygiene habits: this was the conclusion reached in a global study of teens.
The Student Health Survey examined the hand hygiene practices of 354,422 adolescents aged 13-17 years in 92 countries. And according to the results, only 30.3 per cent of teenagers claim to practise appropriate hand hygiene.
The results
Read the June/July edition of ECJ now
22nd of June 2021
The June/July edition of ECJ is now available to read online or via the app.
Highlights include:
• Hygiene in food preparation - the rise of the takeaway
• Business - moving towards a better work-life balance
• Smart tech - where is it being used most?
• EFCI news - fairer public procurement across Europe.
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