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Vectair releases US research on feminine hygiene waste
30th of August 2013
Hygiene products specialist Vectair Systems has released a research paper focusing on the approach and attitudes towards feminine hygiene waste disposal in the USA.
The research was conducted to learn more about what women really think with regards to waste disposal in public washrooms, as well as their usual practices and whether they feel their
UK market has two cleaning shows for 2015
29th of August 2013A new cleaning exhibition has been launched in the UK for 2015. Cleaning Expo will take place from March 24-26 at the NEC in Birmingham. This comes as the country's established trade event, The Cleaning Show, moves from Birmingham to London for 2015. That will take place just two weeks before, from March 10-12.
Cleaning Expo will have two other
Travellers ‘at risk’ from aircraft germs
28th of August 2013
Tray tables and seat pockets are among the "germiest" places on board an aeroplane, travellers are being warned.
Toilet sinks and door handles are said to be another potential threat, with E.coli detected on more than 30 per cent of sink handles tested in one study.
And passengers are being urged to protect themselves by thoroughly washing their
German cleaning book addresses management issues
27th of August 2013
A new German language book focusing on cleaning management has been written by Irina Pericin Häfliger, a lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).
The book - Cleaning Management/Reinigungsmanagement - examines how cleanliness is perceived and how high-cost and labour-intensive cleaning can be performed optimally and
German toilet attendant caught 'up to her knees' in small change
26th of August 2013
A German toilet attendant faces tax evasion charges after investigators found her garage was knee-deep in 40,000 euros worth of small change.
Investigators looking into whether the unnamed woman was dodging tax payments opened her garage door in Bonn to see it piled high with one, two, 10, 20 and 50 cent coins.
Adding up to over 40,000 euros and
'Fatberg' the size of a bus removed from London sewer
23rd of August 2013
A 'fatberg' the size of a double-decker bus has been removed from a London sewer - the UK's biggest ever. The 15-tonne mass of festering food fat mixed with wet wipes and sanitary products threatened to send raw sewage spurting onto the streets.
"We've never seen a single, congealed lump of lard this big clogging our sewers before," said Thames
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