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CSSA makes case for cleaning industry jobs growth
8th of June 2012
With unemployment figures in the UK now hitting 2.63 million - 8.2 per cent of the population - the Cleaning & Support Services Association has launched a report to make the case for employment in the cleaning industry as a growth generator.
The report is titled 'Employment Growth - The Case for Cleaning' and details the contribution that the
Japan opens public toilet with its own grounds
7th of June 2012
A public toilet housed in a see-through glass cubicle and situated in its own grounds is the latest novelty washroom to come out of Japan.
The ladies' loo sits in its own 200 sq m plot of land in front of Itabu railway station in Ichihara City. Although the single cubicle has transparent walls it is protected from voyeurs by a two-metre high
Large blog on skills debate
5th of June 2012
Andrew Large, executive vice-president for the World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) and also director general for the Cleaning and Support Services Association (CSSA) in the UK, looks at how freedom of movement for workers across the EU affects the national skills situation in his latest blog for ECJ.
Beijing sets ‘two flies only’ public toilet guideline
5th of June 2012
Authorities in the Chinese capital of Beijing have set new standards for public toilets, including a stipulation they should contain no more than two flies.
Toilets in places such as tourist spots must comply with the new standards. However it is not clear whether failing washrooms will be punished and if so, how.
The new rules, published by the
ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam is a record breaker!
4th of June 2012
This year's ISSA/INTERCLEAN exhibition in Amsterdam has proved to be a real record breaker by attracting more visitors than ever before.
This year's visitor number was 28,001, compared to 23,415 at the last event in 2010. And there were 669 exhibitors this time, compared to 651 two years ago, 25 of them at the show for the first time.
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Graduates’ toilet seat cleaner works like a mini car wash
1st of June 2012
A team of student researchers from the US have invented a new toilet seat cleaning system for public washrooms.
The system, which requires no chemicals, no rotating seat sleeves and no electric or battery supply, works like a mini carwash according to team leader Nick Bradford.
The 22-year old mechanical engineering graduate of Indiana's Purdue
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