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Modern mopping - easing the strain
14th of October 2024
The manual task of mopping can take its toll on the arms, backs and shoulders of the operator. Why, then, do so many businesses still use this traditional cleaning method, asks Ann Laffeaty? And what are manufacturers doing to ease the physical strain on the cleaner?
Mopping can be hard work. It requires bending, stooping and stretching –
Indian student builds the world’s smallest vacuum cleaner
14th of October 2024
A 23-year-old student from India has earned an entry in the Guinness World Records after creating the world's smallest vacuum cleaner.
Measuring just 0.65 cm - less than the width of an average small fingernail - the device is 0.2 cm smaller than the previous record which was set in 2022.
Tapala Nadamuni's vacuum is made mostly from a refillable
WCEC honours services to environmental health in the military
11th of October 2024
The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners (WCEC) in the UK recently presented annual Military Awards in London. The awards celebrate environmental health provision in the military.
The WCEC has a longstanding tradition of supporting, recognising and honouring the exceptional contributions the Military's environmental health technicians and
End of the manual vacuum cleaner?
10th of October 2024
As the carpet care industry becomes increasingly automated, is there still a need for a person
to manually operate a vacuum? Ann Laffeaty examines the role of the human cleaner in carpet care and asks whether manual vacuums will ever become a thing of the past.
Vacuuming a carpet can be a lengthy, laborious process. Pushing a piece of heavy
Careers in cleaning - the sky's the limit
9th of October 2024
Cleaning affords fantastic career progression and broad opportunities for all genders. In this article, Claire Fields, strategic partnerships director at OCS, looks at the breadth and depth of opportunities that this career path provides and demonstrates why gender bias should be challenged across the board when it comes to cleaning.
The role of
More than 100 UK schools attempt to break hand washing record
8th of October 2024
More than 100 primary schools across the UK have signed up to take part in a record-breaking Global Handwashing Day handwashing marathon this month.
De Montfort University, Leicester is leading a national effort to improve hand hygiene among children while also attempting to set a new Guinness World record.
Thousands of children nationwide will
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