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The wellbeing washroom
7th of June 2021
Because of COVID-19 there has been a shift in customer perception towards public washrooms in terms of hygiene levels expected. Users also want a better all-round experience when they visit a washroom as awareness around health and wellbeing grows. Marielle Romeijn at ONE HUNDRED restrooms explains more.
Whilst cleanliness has always been
When art and cleaning meet
4th of June 2021
From Germany, Katja Scholz on a special art project being supported by cleaning professionals.
When an artist and experts in all things to do with contract cleaning cooperate with a common purpose, something exceptional can happen. In a current project in Germany’s capital city Berlin, this has a name: MaHalla – the work of an artist,
EFCI signs joint statement on minimum wage proposal
3rd of June 2021
The EFCI - along with partner sectoral employers associations Ceemet, CoESS, EBF, ECEG, EuroCommerce, FIEC, Geopa, Hotrec and WEC Europe - recently published a joint statement highlighting a common position on the European Commission's proposal on a minimum wage.
In the joint statement, the 10 organisations state that:
1. The chosen legal basis
It takes two to tango
3rd of June 2021
Scandinavian reporter Lotte Printz on the interaction between journalists and the cleaning industry. A clash of professions?
Let’s make it very clear from the beginning. This is not some sob story from a hurt journalist. In my time as a correspondent for ECJ, I’ve talked to and met many obliging people in and around this
Rubbermaid Commercial Products launches campaign to promote hand hygiene in schools
2nd of June 2021
Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) has launched ‘Hands Up For Hand Hygiene' - a campaign aimed at encouraging school-aged children to become more aware of the importance of good hand hygiene, now and in the future.
Designed as a computer game style mission, the campaign by the hand hygiene solutions specialist will call on children in
Is your toilet watching you?
1st of June 2021
Today’s “smart” washrooms can do everything from counting visitor numbers and gathering refill data to checking the user’s health – and even talking to you. But is such a high level of technology always a good thing, or could it become an unwelcome intrusion in a space that is supposed to be private, asks Ann
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