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Turning the tide on waste
27th of January 2022
In this special report, experts at Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) break down some of the key issues affecting workplaces’ progress towards sustainable waste management during the past couple of years – and the solutions businesses can implement to make progress.
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has spurred widespread and complex
Shaping the high-pressure cleaning industry
25th of January 2022
What are the current trends in the high-pressure sector, asks Ann Laffeaty? And how are manufacturers adapting to them?
The cleaning industry is going through a period of flux as manufacturers strive to keep up with ever-changing customer demands. There has been a general switch to daytime cleaning which means that quieter machinery is now
COP26 - more broken promises?
13th of January 2022
COP26 climate talks wound up at the end of last year with global decision-makers returning home with a clear message ringing in their ears ... ‘enough blah blah blah, it’s time for transformative action’. Hartley Milner reports on crucial pledges made by the private sector towards meeting net-zero carbon targets.
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Trending on your trolley
12th of January 2022
What do customers want most from their cleaning trolley? And how far have their requirements changed over recent years? Ann Laffeaty asks manufacturers about the trolley trends driving the industry and finds out what lies behind them.
Cleaning trolleys - just like everything else - are subject to fluctuations in fashion. And it is usually
Hand hygiene - a changing landscape
7th of January 2022
Chris Wakefield, managing director UK & Ireland for GOJO Industries-Europe, discusses the effects of the pandemic on the hand hygiene industry and how to maintain compliance in a sea of coronavirus fatigue.
We are emerging from the most tumultuous of times; a period which has particularly tested – and continues to challenge – the
EFCI annual report - resilience through crisis
21st of December 2021
EFCI, the organisation representing the cleaning services sector at European level, has published its latest report compiled from data supplied by national associations. It shows that in 2018, the industry grew by eight per cent and the sector employed 4.1 million people. It also demonstrates just how resilient the industry has been throughout the
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