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Danish research project highlights wellbeing
8th of March 2012
Reporting from Denmark, Petra Sjouwerman examines the results of a research project amongst cleaners.
Cleaning toilets, mopping floors and washing windows is physically hard work. Compared to other working groups, cleaners have a higher risk for burn-out on the job and for leaving the labour market earlier. Research in Denmark, however, has now
Sega brings new meaning to toilet humour with game
7th of March 2012
Sega has brought a new meaning to the phrase 'toilet humour' by installing arcade urinals in Japan.
A number of businesses have already bought into the idea and the games company famous for its Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has installed 130 'Toylets' at around 100 bars and restaurants.
The 150,000 yen (1,500 euros) devices require players to get
Toilet training posters for university students
7th of March 2012
University students at a campus in the UK are being given toilet training after complaints about the state of the washrooms on their campus.
Bosses at Swansea University have put up signs instructing students how to use the toilets properly after some were found in a mess. They show images of both the correct and incorrect methods of use.
Origins of our hygiene rituals
7th of March 2012
In a new ECJ series of articles, we look at hygiene and cleanliness through the ages. When did we human beings become aware of our own personal cleanliness, and that of the world around us? And when did we discover that lack of hygiene could be dangerous, and sometimes fatal? In this first part, we start back in ancient times.
Brushing our teeth,
Cradle to Cradle pioneer Braungart to speak at ISSA/INTERCLEAN
6th of March 2012
A highlight of the ISSA/INTERCLEAN exhibition from May 8-11 will be the presentation of this year's Amsterdam Innovation Award, on the opening day of the show. Keynote speaker at the ceremony will be Prof Dr Michael Braungart, pioneer of the Cradle to Cradle concept of design.
Cradle to Cradle is a design concept based on nature - as in nature,
Amsterdam Innovation Award finalists announced
1st of March 2012
The jury of the 2012 ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam Innovation Award has selected the nine final nominees from a total of 71 entries. The overall winner, the category winners and visitors' choice winner of prize for the best innovation in the professional cleaning industry will be announced during a special ceremony on the opening day of the show -
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