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Quality of Water in Cleaning

Quality of Water in Cleaning

In a broader perspective, water is a very good solvent and is a major component of cleaning technology. However, there are a number of incidences where some of the parameters of water hinder the cleaning process. Let us see how water helps in cleaning – the critical .


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Dealing With Heights

Dealing With Heights

Facade Access Systems While the construction industry in India has graduated from 20 to 60 floors, the façade cleaning sector, to a large extent is still comfortable with the rope access system for cleaning and building maintenance. Most often, be it hotels or commercial complexes, the façade cleaning and maintenance is outsourced to facility management


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Cleaning & Restoring of historic buildings and monument

Cleaning & Restoring of historic buildings and monument

Anyone faced with the task of performing restorative cleaning on a historic building has a whole series of fundamental and far-reaching decisions to make. The unique testimonies of the past must not be irretrievably damaged or even destroyed by inappropriate methods, as facade cleaning is one of the most demanding cleaning tasks. There is hardly any other cleaning task...


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Need For Long Term Goals

Need For Long Term Goals

Starting with making and marketing of simple household projects way back in the 70s, Chennai based Surfactants & Allied Chemicals Pvt Ltd has grown into a leading manufacturer of cleaning chemicals with over 65 products and a pan India dealer network. Founder Directors, P Prabhakarand, P Dasarathan spoke to CIJ   The beginning… We started


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Rubbermaid: Expanding Hygiene Market

Rubbermaid: Expanding Hygiene Market

Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) and Technical Concepts (TC) introduced new products to help waste and cleaning professionals at the 2010 ISSA/Interclean Show, Amsterdam. The companies jointly offer a broader product portfolio for cleaning systems, surface care, skincare, air care and recycling solutions. Samir Jhaveri, Vice President, Global Strategic Business Development, Technical Concepts-Rubbermaid Commercial Products, spoke


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Essential Killer

Essential Killer

Growing unsafe practices adopted by various sectors be it construction, e-waste disposal or for that matter cell phone radiations are all adding up to air pollution at an alarming rate, says Brigadier S V S Choudhary, Chairman-Safety & Quality Forum, IEI-Nagpur.The IEI- Nagpur Chapter had recently organised a seminar on Safety-Safe 2010. Cell phones have


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Healthy School Environment

Healthy School Environment

There is a direct connection between environmental quality, comfort, health and wellbeing, positive attitudes and behaviour and higher levels of educational performance. It is based on the premise that children have a right to basic facilities such as school toilets, safe drinking water, clean surroundings and information on hygiene. If these conditions are created, children


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Big CIGAR keeps environment clean

Big CIGAR keeps environment clean

Seen from a distance, the giant septic tank installation made from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), resembles a giant balloon that has been planted in the earth. The blue installation is located among cattle feedlots owned by PT Santosa Agrindo (Santori) in Bumiaji Kampung, Anaktuha subdistrict, Central Lampung Regency. The septic tank, which measures 90 by


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Water purification through UV technology

Water purification through UV technology

WaterHealth India Pvt Ltd (WHIN), a 100% subsidiary of WaterHealth Inc, has established financially sustainable water purification plants with minimal investment in more than 250 remote locations across India. It also provides employment opportunities to the communities surrounding them.


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Sustainable cleaning of schools

Sustainable cleaning of schools

Case studies of schools quoted by Sumeet Bansal, Associate Manager-Marketing, Godrej & Boyce, show that even though the schools were initially skeptical in adopting a new mechanised cleaning technology, they eventually gave it a try solely because of sustainability factors. Mechanised cleaning is not new to schools abroad; still, any new technology that hits the


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