A strike by cleaning staff at Mumbai Airport left passengers waiting for their flights amid piles of rubbish.

Passengers travelling in and out of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport were met with overflowing bins in the terminals and in the bathrooms, and dirty toilets.

More than 1,900 cleaning staff at the airport went on strike on Wednesday, with the action having an impact on amenities available to passengers - not to mention creating eyesores.

The rubbish began to build up at Mumbai Airport after the cleaning workers walked out in strike over wages

While much of the rubbish is the gradual build up from customers, one passenger claimed the workers themselves are making the situation worse.

Speaking to the Mumbai Mirror, Niraj Kumar, who was flying on to Delhi, said: 'The toilet floor was full of tissue paper.

'It appeared that the striking workers had dumped them there.'

More at source: Daily UK 

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After researching multiple ingredients and their usages, we plan to implement green cleaning into our business by first experimenting with different combinations of common household ingredients to determine which ones work best for the surfaces we clean. We will create a catalogue of the new natural cleaning products to ensure that the amounts of each ingredient is carefully measured to achieve the best results. We will then add the new products to our inventory along with any new supplies such as cloths that assist with achieving the best results.

 Next, staff will be trained on the most effective ways to clean with the new products. We will advertise that our company uses 100% natural cleaning products. Then, we will begin using these products. Last, we will solicit feedback from staff and clients regarding the use of the products over six months’ time. In order to continue the high quality of work we are known for, we need to know how well the natural products work, if allergic reactions or other adverse reactions to chemicals reduced over time from the use of natural products, etc. 

Not all of us can afford $6,000 for a self-cleaning toilet, so scrubbing one usually revolves around a yucky toilet brush. However, a product coming to Kickstarter may make the chore marginally more pleasant. Called Loogun, it's like a big dental WaterPik for your toilet that cleans with a narrow stream of water. The cordless, handheld device has a reservoir you fill with fresh water from time to time, and runs on four AA batteries that last nine months. With a powerful stream, it can blast detritus from your bowl, even below water level, according to the team behind it. It's also child-safe, since it won't spray when it's pointed up (and prevents toddlers from trying to snack on a regular toilet brush, of course).

More at source: Engadget

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I constantly used to worry everytime I cleaned something, about touching the chemicals afterwards. So after cleaning I would go back and wipe down the surfaces with a wet rag and wash my hands out of paranioa. This is what led me to know that I wanted to implement green products into my forming business.

With green products, you never have to second guess if you are harming or helping the enviroment. I personally am always concerned that a surface touched contains a chemical that I might somehow get in my eye or mouth. I am excited to be a part of a movement that is good for the future and good for the present and health of all involved!

The old saying that it is so clean you can eat off of the floor might not apply to one restaurant chain.

Olive Garden's corporate leadership -- Darden Restaurants -- has told its outlets that washing the carpet twice a month is too expensive, and that should be done only once a month, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The business website said Darden, which also owns LongHorn Steakhouse and others, has sent teams to the restaurants to examine "every single invoice" for ideas to cut expenses. That is how it learned of the twice per month carpet cleaning ... 

More at source: 10 News

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Good News! You can do something about the risk of indoor air pollution and its detrimental effects on your employees.  When you choose Stronghold Cleaning & Maintenance Services (SCMS) it is a step in  the right direction, we can  help you improve the indoor air quality in your office. How do we do it?

• ·         By using green certified cleaning chemicals, which are safer for the environment and your employees

• By using vacuums with closed containers that use HEPA filters, which don’t allow dust and harmful particles to become airborne.
• By using microfiber cleaning cloths instead of feather dusters and static dusters, which move dust around and becomes airborne.
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Stronghold Cleaning & Maintenance offers eco-friendly Green cleaning to our commercial and residential clients designed to improve indoor air quality.  Research  have  shown that facilities that have switch to green cleaning have:       Healthier Employees       Lower operating cost       Positive environmental impacts &       Greater governmental financial incentives When you choose to go Green, we will help you cut cost, improve your business environment for both your customers and employees and this is something money can't buy. Stronghold Cleaning & Maintenance is very proud to be able to offer a healthy environment to your business and  home.

TORONTO - The head of the Toronto Police sex crimes unit says a brazen daylight sex assault on a cleaning woman last month was “one of the most brutal attacks” she has ever seen.

“It was a very vicious attack,” Insp. Joanna Beaven-Desjardins told a press conference Wednesday.

The attack occurred around 3 p.m. on May 22, in the Deepwood Cr.-Greenland Rd. neighbourhood.

A 24-year-old woman was cleaning a home in the area — prepping it for sale — when a man convinced her to let him in to see the home and sexually assaulted her, police have said.

He fled when he heard a noise outside the house.

A composite sketch of his face was initially released. On Wednesday, police provided a full body composite sketch and further detail on the attacker’s clothes, in an effort to jog people’s memories.

He is described as white, in his mid-20s, around 5-foot-8, weighing 130 pounds with a thin build, and has straight medium-light red hair that sticks out at ear level.

He wore a faded orange shirt, torn at the collar, and blue jeans that had been cut into shorts, with frayed edges below the knee level. He also had black running shoes with white writing.

“Take note of the shirt,” Beaven-Desjardins said. “The shirt is described as being very worn, very well-worn, almost to the point where it was starting to yellow, and at the collar of the shirt it was either cut or ripped.”

More at source: Toronto Sun

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A man has died of massive internal burns after mistakenly being served undiluted detergent, which was being stored in an empty bottle of white wine.

The 49-year-old man died of internal burns after drinking cleaning fluid he thought was white wine in the city of Benicarló in the Spanish province of Castellón.

Andrés Lorente was in bar Raconet, on Isabel de Villena square, for a Sunday afternoon drink on June 14th when he was served what he thought was a glass of white wine.

In fact the liquid he was served was cleaning fluid that had been stored in an empty bottle of wine and mistakenly been put in the fridge by a member of staff.

After taking a sip of what he thought was white wine, Lorente felt a burning sensation, according to local newspaper, El Periódico Mediterraneo. 

In an attempt to cool the burning sensation he felt in his throat Lorente drank water, according to witnesses, something which could have contributed to the corrosive effect of the cleaning fluid in his body.

More at source: Local.Es

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