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Floor polishing preferences
23rd of June 2022
What are customers looking for when choosing a floor polishing system? Are they mostly concerned with factors such as productivity and price, for example? And what other factors should they take into account such as user safety, ergonomics and performance?
HARD FLOORS NEED TO BE kept in tip-top condition in order to increase their lifespan and
Back to the office - seeking new solutions
22nd of June 2022
As staff around the world return to offices, there is increased awareness about the relationship between the performance of a building and retention of staff. New technologies and IoT solutions can help to address many of the challenges – explain Simon Redgate of microshare.io and Nicolai Baumberger at Soobr.
WELCOMING STAFF BACK to the
Tokyo 2020 - under the microscope
21st of June 2022
ECJ correspondent in Japan Bobbie van der List reports from Tokyo on the enormous cleaning operation involved in the Olympic Games there last year. Among concerns around Covid-19, cleanliness standards were under the microscope, however there were concerns about how cleaning operatives were being treated.
WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM the world watched
A chemical reaction
20th of June 2022
The need for sustainable solutions has become a key driver in cleaning. But at the same time, Covid-19 has heightened demand for sanitised, germ-free public spaces. So how are these contrasting requirements impacting on the chemicals sector, asks Ann Laffeaty?
TWO KEY TOPICS have dominated the cleaning industry in recent years: the need for
Cleaning chemicals - minimising risk
14th of June 2022
Some chemical cleaning products pose a potential risk to staff – particularly when inhaled. ECJ finds out what employers and associations are doing to protect staff members and minimise the risk to cleaners’ lungs.
THE WORKPLACE IS A SAFER place today than it has ever been before. Or so we like to think. Safety came fairly low down
SK Clean - EFCI’s report on the outcome of two years’ work
7th of June 2022
Isabel Yglesias at EFCI reports on the outcomes of the project SK-Clean: Digitalisation in the Cleaning Sector, Supporting the Skills Transition for Cleaning Agents.
At the beginning of April the EFCI presented at the Viennese Building Cleaning Academy (the Bundesinnung der chemischen Gewerbe und der Denkmal-, Fassaden- und Gebäudereiniger,
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