How green is cleaning tech?

28th of March 2025
How green is cleaning tech?

Technology is taking an increasingly prominent role in cleaning. But how far can it help companies to achieve their sustainability goals such as cutting emissions, saving energy, reducing water use and minimising chemical usage? Ann Laffeaty considers the point at which sustainability and technology might meet.

TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING at a rapid

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Hygiene in healthcare - winter woes

25th of March 2025
Hygiene in healthcare - winter woes

What are the biggest problems that hospitals have to face in winter in terms of cleaning and hygiene? Ann Laffeaty finds out.

February and March are challenging months for the European healthcare sector. Winter is when we see greater numbers of cold, flu and norovirus outbreaks in the northern hemisphere. Cold weather also leads to more people

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Trolleys - too posh to push

30th of January 2025
Trolleys - too posh to push

Pushing a trolley laden with buckets, appliances and chemicals can represent a significant physical challenge for a cleaner. Ann Laffeaty looks at some of the ways in which producers are helping to ease the strain.

Trolleys provide an easy method of moving cleaning materials from A to B. But when they are loaded with buckets, mops, vacuums,

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Cleaning machines - which battery?

14th of January 2025
Cleaning machines - which battery?

Floor cleaning machines are increasingly powered by battery, but which one is best for each application? Matt Herr, senior product manager at Trojan Battery Company, takes a look
at the advantages and limitations of each battery type - including the latest Li-ion technology - and highlights optimal deployment scenarios.

Original equipment

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Sustaining the pressure

31st of December 2024
Sustaining the pressure

What are the sustainability arguments for using high-pressure washers – which often remove the need for using chemicals, but use copious amounts of water in their place - compared with other cleaning methods, asks Ann Laffeaty?

Sustainability needs to be built into every cleaning process in today’s environmentally-conscious society.

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Hand hygiene - is training the answer?

30th of December 2024
Hand hygiene - is training the answer?

We all know how important it is to wash our hands. But some people are still not doing it as frequently – nor as effectively – as they should. Could hand hygiene training be the answer and if so, who would it benefit most asks ECJ?

Hand washing is important. Health bodies all over the world agree that this is the case and like to tell

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