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French winners in sustainability awards
29th of September 2015
News of an industry award ceremony in France from ECJ reporter Christian Bouzols.
The French Federation of cleaning contractors FEP presented its Sustainable Development awards recently in Paris. Covering the year 2014-15, these awards went to five companies.
In the Employee Skill Development category, the winner was a small company called Bruno
Czech bar installs 'vomiting toilet'!
28th of September 2015
A Czech bar has come up with an innovative way to help party-goers who have had a little too much to drink. But be warned, it's rather unpleasant.
Club Kotelna in Prague has fitted a 'puking toilet' at chest height so drinkers who have had one too many do not have to endure kneeling on a sticky washroom floor.
Complete with handrails for tired
The ‘health’ in health & safety
25th of September 2015
ECJ has a new correspondent in the UK, Lynn Webster. In her first column she focuses on the issue of health and well-being in the workplace.
Open any newspaper or glossy magazine, check what’s trending on social media, or tune into a selection of television channels and what do you find? Medically proven routes to healthy living, fad diets,
Richmond Council sets up toilet scheme for Rugby World Cup
24th of September 2015
A West London local authority is taking a pro-active approach in a bid to prevent street urination during the Rugby World Cup this autumn.
Richmond Council has signed up around 70 businesses to a Community Toilet Scheme. The council covers the area around Twickenham Stadium where several of the tournament's matches are being played.
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Dutch government policy affects cleaning sector
23rd of September 2015
The Dutch government has decided to insource a number of facilities services, reports Nico Lemmens.
The Dutch government has decided to insource a number of facility services, among which catering and cleaning. This remarkable policy has been proposed by the socialist government party. As explained in earlier editions, this policy is aimed at
The dirtiest part of a plane? It's right in front of you
22nd of September 2015
What do you believe to be the dirtiest part of a plane? And no, it's not the toilet. Actually an evaluation of germs per square inch on different surfaces in airports and on planes found that the average tray table harbours nearly 20 times more bacteria than the aircraft toilet flush.
Travel website Travelmath.com sent a microbiologist to take
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