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Sweeper-Actor Does a clean act
October 1st, 2011 - 231 days ago 
More than 52 slums in Kalyani, North Kolkatta, have achieved in making their township open defecation free. Sanitation stage shows have encouraged villagers in not only making toilets in their homes but also taught them to keep them clean.
Issue Month : October Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 10
Implications in Urban Integrated Rodent Management
Rodent was hitherto a problem in agricultural and horticultural crops. However, it took a different shape with increasing human population, urbanization, dwindling resources for solid waste management, spurt in zoonotic diseases, development of food and hospitality industry and industries with sensitive infrastructure including electronic appliances. As local bodies struggle economically, less money is available for
Issue Month : October Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 10
Labelled with care
Fabric care labels help the buyer in their purchase decision and the launderers in their wash decision
Issue Month : October Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 10
GCA’s Sustainable Cleaning Practices
GCA Services Group, USA, was founded by a group of entrepreneurs with a goal of creating a nationwide network of building service contractors who would become the commercial cleaning industry’s leaders in sustainable cleaning. From the outset, the company was dedicated to cleaning for health and hygiene, that is, using cleaning products and processes that
Issue Month : October Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 10
Innovation in Cleaning Equipment – Reducing Cost – Increasing Performance
Given the increased need for standard cleaning practices, the solution adopted by any organisation is largely customized to suit specific applications. The cleaning industry globally is constantly strengthening its R&D to develop comprehensive and specific cleaning solutions to suit the cleaning requirements of a facility and to achieve a good price-performance ratio. Resultantly, the innovative, eco-friendly, cost effective and...
Issue Month : October Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 10
Eco-friendly practices in Dry Cleaning
Many industries do not follow practices that minimize environmental damage. Unfortunately, traditional dry cleaning is no exception. Some aspects of traditional dry cleaning, such as the use of the Toxic Air Contaminant, perc (perchloroethylene) and lax standards governing practices are to blame. But times are changing.
Issue Month : September Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 9
Smart Washrooms : Hand Dryers
A wide range of bacteria survives through even hand washing, hence the need to find an effective way of drying hands. The ultra quick hand dryers because of their speed of drying do not require users to rub their hands together and are considered by many as the best form of hand drying method. Hand
Issue Month : September Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 9
Preventive measures in flour mills
Preventive measures in flour mills Throughout the food chain, the identification, control and extermination of pests in the food industry requires many resources, from producer to manufacturer, carrier to distributor together with surveillance and control by the authorities responsible. Mites, insects and rodents can all be introduced in many ways and forms to the food
Issue Month : September Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 9
Keeping city clean is a collective effort
In the recent years there is a significant shift in handling solid waste with Municipal Corporations across the country adopting various models of disposing and recycling waste. Pondicherry Corporation has successfully adopted door-to-door collection, transportation and processing model. Coimbatore Corporation has adopted house-to-house collection model and outsourced secondary collection and processing to private parties under PPP mode. In certain...
Issue Month : September Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 9
Case Study:Green Cleaning methods at adobe Systems,USA
With more than four LEED Platinum buildings to its credit, Adobe Systems, Incorporated, USA, has adopted green cleaning methods in keeping with the certification.
Issue Month : September Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 9
