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Free cleaning robots for care homes

The Perfect Little Company (TPLC) has successfully secured funding from Innovate UK to improve the social distancing measures in the cleaning process, and to test the effectiveness of robotic cleaning solutions in reducing pathogens, in care homes. TPLC, an Oxfordshire ...

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Ecolab unveils largest hygiene R&D centre in Europe for the healthcare sector

Ecolab, a global  leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, and Laboratoires Anios, an Ecolab company specialising in solutions for the healthcare sector, inaugurated the expansion of their Luce Letartre Research Center in Sainghin-en-Mélantois, in the north ...

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Great Place to Work names SC Johnson as one of Europe’s best workplaces

SC Johnson has been recognised as a Best Workplace in Europe by Great Place to Work®. It is the 15th time the company has been named as a Best Workplace ranking 23rd on the 2020 list of top places to work in ...

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Coroanvirus fatbergs and lockdown plastic pollution means Unblocktober campaign is ‘more important than ever’

The world’s first awareness month aimed at protecting our sewers and seas is back for a second year, aiming to help reverse the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the environment by fighting fatbergs and plastic pollution. Unblocktober, led by ...

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Facilicom to showcase at first ever virtual cleaning event

Cleaning and soft services provider, Facilicom UK & Ireland, is set to share its innovative approach to cleaning services this autumn, at the UK’s first ever high-tech virtual cleaning event. Between 6-7 October, Facilicom will exhibit at Cleaning Interactive, to showcase its ...

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Hospitality laundries charge to the rescue of the NHS and care homes

Over thirty hospitality laundries have already signed up to a new certification scheme that will allow them to help the UK’s health and social care system  manage the increasing amount of dirty linens and textiles that is being created by ...

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Oxford-based Innovative UK hygiene company officially opens

OpenClean Technologies is officially open for business with the launch of its hero product: the PullClean hand-sanitising Door Handle. The innovative Door Handle design was invented by two Oxford Academics, including a Doctor who felt he did not have the opportunity to wash or ...

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Egbert Taylor introduces Green Rewards for local authorities

Egbert Taylor is to launch a new ‘Green Rewards’ scheme to promote the sustainable benefits of buying metal bins Made in Britain.   Many of Taylor’s competitors only assemble bins in the UK after importing materials from countries such as ...

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Chris James steps down as CEO of WAMITAB

Following an announcement on 22 July 2020 regarding the closer integration of WAMITAB into the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), the awarding body for qualifications in the resources and waste sector, has announced that Chris James has stepped down from ...

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High-level cleaning and hygiene sector workshop planned for later this year

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has held a virtual meeting with Matthew Taylor, Director of Labour Market Enforcement (LME), as part of its drive to ensure the voice of the cleaning and hygiene sector is heard at the highest levels. ...

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