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Iconic 'gum wall' gets first clean in decades
9th of December 2015
A famed 'gum wall' in Seattle, where tourists and residents have stuck used chewing gum for the past 20 years, has been cleaned by city authorities.
The 'gum wall' was plastered with one million pieces of used chewing gum and became a city landmark over the past 20 years. The wads of gum came in many colours and some stretched to make elaborate
Celtex acquires Hecatec
8th of December 2015
Italian paper manufacturer Celtex has completed its acquisition of the German group Hecatec, which also operates in the tissue products sector and in nonwoven fabrics used in cleaning, personal hygiene and in particular the health sector.
The company, which has plants in Tuscany, had revenues of approximately €100 million in 2014, with
Ecover sells Ecover Professional to Greenspeed
7th of December 2015
Ecover has today announced the sale of its B2B cleaning solutions business - Ecover Professional - to Netherlands-based Greenspeed, a company specialising in the development of cleaning systems for the professional market. Ecover says it will now focus exclusively on the B2C market in order to drive long term growth.
Following this agreement, the
Window cleaner fell to his death while cleaning glass panel without harness
7th of December 2015
A window cleaner fell to his death from the third-storey window of a Grade II-listed building in the City of London after bosses failed to ensure safe working conditions, a court heard recently.
Kevin Dolan, 57, fell to his death through the open floor-to-ceiling window of Pountney Hill House, in central London, while cleaning the huge glass pane
Museum cleaner mistakenly bins 'rubbish' modern art
4th of December 2015
Cleaners at an Italian modern art museum cleaned up and threw away a new installation thinking it was rubbish - literally. The Museion Bozen-Bolzano, in the province of South Tyrol, apologised after a piece by Goldschmied & Chiari, a female artist duo from Milan, was mistakenly discarded.
"This morning cleaning staff removed the recently
UK Golden Service Awards winners announced
3rd of December 2015
The UK's cleaning industry gathered at one of London's top hotels recently for the presentation of the Golden Service Awards 2015, sponsored by Kimberly-Clark Professional.
There were 23 winners:1. The Best Cleaned Premises in a Public Service Building Award:? Gateshead Council for the Blaydon Children's Centre
2. The Best Cleaned Premises of a
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