Cleaning Well for Health 2020 certainly has started off dramatically! Unprecedented bushfires in Australia and now this new Coronavirus pandemic - Covid 19. Industry and government are copping the financial fallout of these disasters, but the human and environmental toll is incalculable. On a personal note, it was devastating watching images of burnt koalas, 70metre
We are very excited to announce that today, after the 13 years as Fresh Green Clean Pty Ltd, we are proudly launching our new company company, High Performance Cleaning Solutions Pty Ltd, trading as HPC Solutions™ . Why this rebrand was necessary This name change launches an exciting new era for Bridget Gardner, who founded
The final topic in this series exploring the hottest sustainable cleaning trends for 2019 is social sustainability. Covering diverse issues from human rights through to wellbeing, this is probably one of the most complex issues that cleaning companies and suppliers have to grapple with today. Fair labour practices, decent living conditions, health and wellbeing, diversity and
In part 4 of this series, Bridget Gardner explains why the UN's Global Goals for Sustainable Development, developed back in 2015, are one of the five hottest sustainability trends for the Australasian cleaning industry in 2019. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were developed by the UN General Assembly to measure
This article continued my series of the five hottest sustainability topics for 2019 and their impact on the cleaning industry. Article #3 discusses the hottest topic of them all – the climate crisis and international efforts to reach net-zero carbon emissions. This article focuses on the risks, costs, and opportunities that could result from an
The Plastic Pollution Problem and what the cleaning industry can do about it This is the second of five articles I wrote about the five hottest sustainability topics for 2019 and their implications for the cleaning industry. The global plastic pollution problem is the obvious topic to discuss following on from the recycling crisis story.
The recycling crisis story This article is the first of five I wrote for Inclean Magaazine, about the five hottest sustainability trends in 2019 and how they will impact the cleaning industry. In March 2018 the recycling world went into shock. Tired of receiving contaminated recyclable waste, China announced a policy called National Sword that
A simpler model for specifying and measuring cleaning standards With the issue of unrealistic productivity rates and insufficient hours allowed for cleaning in Victorian public schools in the media, it’s a very fitting time to take a fresh look at the way we set cleaning performance standards and how they relate to productivity rates. Everybody
For 90 years we have relied on antibiotics and disinfectants to kill harmful bacteria and viruses. But with the rise of ‘superbugs’, a more preventative approach is being called for. Drug-resistant microbes, such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and clostridium difficile (C. diff), cause an estimated 7,000 deaths in Australian hospitals
The issue of illegal burning and deforestation to produce palm oil, is often in the media. But did you know those images of sad-eyed orangutan orphans are linked to the use of cleaning products? Of the 58 million tons of palm and palm kernel oil produced each year, up to 10% is used to make
