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Sustainability - the plastic peril
7th of November 2018
Everyone is talking about plastics these days as the need to reduce the burden of waste becomes more pressing. But plastic is still one of the most widely-used packaging materials for cleaning products. Why is this the case? And what are manufacturers doing to reduce their plastics waste?
Europeans generate around 25 million tonnes of plastic
Sustainability - how to buy responsibly
6th of November 2018
With the announcement of the latest Circular Economy Package, an even greater onus has been placed on industry to demonstrate a commitment to sustainable business. Lorcan Mekitarian, RPC bpi recycled products sales director, explains how, for cleaning firms looking to expand their environmental behaviour, procurement is the best place to
From rollercoaster to restaurant
6th of November 2018
German correspondent Alexandra Lachner on the cleaning of the country’s largest theme park.
To understand what a huge demand for cleaning there is in the Europa Park in Rust, we need only to think about the sanitary installations. With 5.6 million visitors recorded in 2017, the team reporting to Heidi Schmidt, manager of cleaning
Wrongly imprisoned
5th of November 2018
“Take the laces out of your shoes and take off your belt.” Life was rosy for Joseph Oubelkas until December 2004. Dutch mother. Moroccan father. Raised in a Dutch village. VSR’s John Griep reports.
Until as a young man he was taken into custody in Morocco on suspicion of involvement with drugs trade. Oubelkas ended up in jail
Italy's FM professionals gather in Capri
2nd of November 2018
ECJ correspondent in Italy Anna Garbagna reports from the recent LIFE 2018 conference for FM.
The third edition of the Labour Intensive Facility Event LIFE 2018 in Capri was a great success. The event for facility management professionals also had guests from institutions and testimony from Italian and European businesses. The meeting was
Killing bacteria.... or people?
2nd of November 2018
In some businesses the ultimate cost of poor hygiene could be death. Yet, it takes convincing to change behaviour, says Lotte Printz in Denmark.
“How many do we want to kill before we do something about it?” This sinister rhetorical question was raised by Alan Friis, senior consultant in hygienic design for the food industry, when
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