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Netherlands street cleaners respond swiftly after busy King's Day

Street cleaners throughout the Netherlands took to the roads last week to embark on a massive clean-up operation following King's Day.

This year's event took place on April 28

European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards - final deadline is this Friday!

The 2026 European Cleaning & Hygiene Awards - the only pan-European awards programme for the professional cleaning sector, organised by European Cleaning Journal - will close

Night shifts keep us in the dark, says UNI Europa’s Mark Bergfeld

The cleaning sector in Europe must move towards more visible/daytime cleaning. That’s the view of Mark Bergfeld at trade union organisation Uni Europa in Brussels. He

WFBSC to host 2026 congress in Las Vegas

The World Federation of Building Service Contractors (WFBSC) is to host its Global Executive Congress 2026 from November 17-19 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas,

Tiny robotic cleaners could be used to sweep away bacteria

Nanorobots could be used to clean up microscopic environments by collecting bacteria and depositing them at defined locations.

This would enable humans to have direct interaction

Disinfectant chemicals ‘more toxic when inhaled than swallowed’

Breathing in widely-used disinfectant cleaning chemicals may be significantly more lethal than drinking them, according to new research.

The University of California study found