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Madrid street cleaners receive police protection from assaults
4th of September 2019
Street cleaners operating in three areas of Madrid are receiving protection from the municipal police after a spate of attacks by local thugs.
Cleaners have recently complained of being shot at with pellets, had eggs thrown at them and receiving verbal and physical abuse in some areas of the city.
The neighbourhoods of Villaverde, Carabanchel
Berlin involves tourists in park-cleaning scheme
3rd of September 2019
Berlin is offering holidaymakers a free tour - in exchange for litter-picking in one of the city's parks.
Cigarette butts, corks and broken glass are a permanent feature of parks in the districts of Pankow and Mitte. But as part of a new "Clean City" campaign, administrators will be offering tourists a free guided tour in exchange for picking up
Notting Hill Carnival cleaners clear away 25 London buses' worth of rubbish
2nd of September 2019
A massive clean-up operation has followed last weekend's Notting Hill Carnival when more than a million people took to the area's streets for the two-day event.
Council staff were seen out in force overnight clearing up the mountains of debris left behind by partygoers. Wine and beer bottles, takeaway cartons and carved-out pineapples sprouting
Self-cleaning toilets to be developed in Singapore
30th of August 2019
In Singapore, there may soon be self-cleaning toilet cubicles at hawker centres as part of the push to drive innovation and improve productivity.
A hawker centre is a complex housing a variety of stalls selling inexpensive food.The project involves retrofitting existing cubicles with features to automatically clean the toilet bowl, walls and
Cannabis leaves ‘can fight MRSA’
29th of August 2019
Indian researchers have discovered cannabis leaves to have an antibacterial effect against MRSA.
The team used ethanol-based tinctures containing crushed leaves of Cannabis sativa as well as other plant compounds to assess their antimicrobial properties.
Results of the study were published in the Journal of Integrative Medicine. "Ethanolic
Child sets out to prove hand dryers are too loud
28th of August 2019
Hand dryers are too loud for children, according to a nine-year-old Canadian girl who set out to prove her theory in a science project.
Nora Keegan struggled with the noise made by washroom hand dryers and noticed other children putting their fingers in their ears when the dryers were in operation,
She then visited a number of public washrooms
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