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Machine recycling - time to take responsibility
26th of September 2013
A new European company which claims to offer a solution to the dilemma of how to dispose of used cleaning machines was launched in the Netherlands last year. ECJ speaks to Frank Smit, director of European Cleaning Machines Recycling (ECMR) about how it is now expanding its geographical reach.
Have you ever considered what happens to scrubber
CMS cleaning exhibition opens in Berlin
25th of September 2013
The 2103 CMS cleaning exhibition opened in Berlin yesterday, with organisers expecting more than 15,000 visitors from 60 countries.
The event, which runs until Friday, is organised by Messe Berlin, in cooperation with industry organisations the Federal Cleaning Trades Association (BIV), the VDMA Cleaning Systems Trade Association and the
Living Wage - linking salaries to the true cost of living
24th of September 2013
The minimum wage was made law across much of Europe to lift low-paid workers out of poverty. Critics say the rates set |nationally are too low to have a real impact. Hartley Milner reports on a campaign to provide people with a pay packet they can live on.
‘Get a life’ we are told when we plunge ourselves into our work to
Kärcher-Tennant final judgement - Tennant withdraws appeal
23rd of September 2013
So-called 'activated water' is no more effective than tap water. Tennant's advertising claims regarding the cleaning power of an all-purpose cleaner that is water 'activated' using its ec-H2O technology, are deemed to be anti-competitive.
This decision by the Stuttgart Regional Court in Germany is now legally binding and Tennant has withdrawn its
'Nothing exciting about cleaning industry'
23rd of September 2013Dear Michelle (Editor),
Tne answer to Dr IIham Kadri's hypothetical question in her recent blog: 'What's so exciting about the cleaning industry?' is: nothing.
There are of course excitements to certain activities within it: the launch of a new product, be it machine or cleaning product, or obtaining a large important contract but in overall terms
Facilicom introduces C2Zero carbon neutral cleaning
23rd of September 2013
C?Zero is a cleaning system developed by cleaning services provider Facilicom that assesses the carbon emissions and impact of each element of the cleaning process in order to establish an accurate carbon footprint. The company is now offering this programme on its contracts and ECJ editor Michelle Marshall visited the London office of global
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