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Notting Hill Carnival cleaners clear away 25 London buses' worth of rubbish
2nd of September 2019
A massive clean-up operation has followed last weekend's Notting Hill Carnival when more than a million people took to the area's streets for the two-day event.
Council staff were seen out in force overnight clearing up the mountains of debris left behind by partygoers. Wine and beer bottles, takeaway cartons and carved-out pineapples sprouting
Self-cleaning toilets to be developed in Singapore
30th of August 2019
In Singapore, there may soon be self-cleaning toilet cubicles at hawker centres as part of the push to drive innovation and improve productivity.
A hawker centre is a complex housing a variety of stalls selling inexpensive food.The project involves retrofitting existing cubicles with features to automatically clean the toilet bowl, walls and
Cannabis leaves ‘can fight MRSA’
29th of August 2019
Indian researchers have discovered cannabis leaves to have an antibacterial effect against MRSA.
The team used ethanol-based tinctures containing crushed leaves of Cannabis sativa as well as other plant compounds to assess their antimicrobial properties.
Results of the study were published in the Journal of Integrative Medicine. "Ethanolic
Child sets out to prove hand dryers are too loud
28th of August 2019
Hand dryers are too loud for children, according to a nine-year-old Canadian girl who set out to prove her theory in a science project.
Nora Keegan struggled with the noise made by washroom hand dryers and noticed other children putting their fingers in their ears when the dryers were in operation,
She then visited a number of public washrooms
Mini toiletries to be removed from IHG hotels
27th of August 2019
Miniature toiletries are to be removed from all hotels run by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) - the first global hotel brand to make such a commitment.
The UK-based owner of Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotels has pledged to take the small plastic bottles out of its 843,000 rooms by 2021. This has already been achieved in around one-third of
Global Executive Summit to be held during Berlin exhibition
26th of August 2019
The World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBCS) will host a one-day summit for facilities services company executives during the CMS professional cleaning exhibition in Berlin next month.
The event, which takes place on September 27, is limited to the first 75 registered attendees and is by invitation only. it will be led by
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