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Potential for contamination?
15th of June 2010In every building on any day of the week cleaners use commercial vacuuming equipment. Many of these units are dry vacuums fitted with special filtration to control dust emissions from the vacuum exhaust which, we all know, is essential to prevent exposure of the cleaners, building workers and visitors to the hazards of fine particulates in the
Product review - ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam
15th of June 2010ECJ looks back at the Amsterdam show with a round-up of the new products launched there.
Converts tap water
Making its debut was the Activeion Ionator EXP from Activeion, which converts tap water into ionised water for chemical-free cleaning.
The hand-held unit, which is slightly larger than a conventional trigger-spray bottle, is designed to
Pole position
15th of June 2010With the advent of water-fed poles, is there still a need for traditional window cleaning methods such as detergents, ladders and cradles? Will these die out, or will there always be some applications where they are essential? Ann Laffeaty finds out.
It is becoming increasingly hard for window cleaners to justify going about their business in the
Hygienically clean
15th of June 2010Steam, dry ice and foam are among the methods of cleaning in hygiene-critical food preparation areas. But what advantages do these offer over traditional detergents and disinfectants, and do they have any downsides? Ann Laffeaty investigates.
Traditional methods of cleaning in food preparation areas tend to involve the use of chemicals and water.
New products - food hygiene
15th of June 2010A look at what's new in the food preparation hygiene sector, as part of this edition's special report.
Detectable tools
The Harold Moore metal detectable range of polymer hand tools comprises shovels, paddles, scrapers, hand scoops, round bowl scoops, universal stirrers and flexi scrapers.
They have been designed specifically for the food
New products 2 - ISSA/INTERCLEAN 2010
15th of April 2010ECJ continues its look at new products being launched at the show.
Hako-Werke
Hako-Werke will be presenting sweepers, compact vacuum sweepers and modular scrubber dryers. It will also be showing a range of single disk and polishing machines plus ride-on combined sweeper/scrubber dryers as well as city cleaning machines and compact tool