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Venezuela hospitals face major healthcare crisis
9th of September 2016
Hospital patients in Venezuela are relying on visitors to bring vital hygiene supplies such as soap and water as the nation faces a major economic crisis.
A TV news report also revealed that hospitals have little running water to clean their filthy toilets and showers, and that staff have no access to cleaning products for use on wards.
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Perception is reality
6th of September 2016
Markus Asch, vice chairman of the management board at cleaning solutions manufacturer Kärcher and president of EUnited Cleaning, writes his latest blog for ECJ. Following his last blog on August 8, he continues to examine the great imbalance between the importance of the cleaning sector, and how it is appreciated by the world
Wanted: a maid for Queen Elizabeth
5th of September 2016
In the UK, Queen Elizabeth has advertised for a full-time maid at her Scottish palace. The starting salary is just £12,000 (€14,300) a year.
The job advertisement, which had an application closing date of August 21, insists that enjoying "working as part of a team" is a mandatory requirement for the future housekeeping assistant.
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WFBSC to hold Berlin congress in 2017
2nd of September 2016
The World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) is to hold its 22nd world congress from September 18-20 2017 in Berlin. The event will take place alongside the professional cleaning exhibition CMS and the theme will be the opportunities and challenges faced by increasing digitisation.
The speaker programme will focus on automation
Massive clean-up takes place after iconic London carnival
1st of September 2016
A total of 170 street cleaners and waste management staff were deployed to clean up after London's Notting Hill carnival at the weekend.
In an efficient seven-hour operation around 200 tonnes of waste was removed from the carnival route. Discarded items included papier mâché dragons, inflatable palm trees and broken samba drums as
Paris sustainable cleaning products summit
31st of August 2016
Taking place in Paris from October 26-27 is the Sustainable Cleaning Products Summit, the theme of which is practical approaches to addressing the impacts of cleaning products. Professor Dr Michael Braungart, co-founder of the Cradle-To-Cradle (C2C) design approach, starts the conference programme with a keynote entitled ‘Re-thinking
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