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The untouched feel
January 1st, 2011 - 1 year, 139 days ago 
Any toilet is more inviting to use when it gives that hygienic and untouched look right from the entry door to the closet. With increasing awareness and high public demand, building owners and facility managers are opting for touch-free options to ensure optimum sanitary hygiene.
Issue Month : January Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 1
Clean India Show 2010
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Championing Cleanliness… “Why is the Show only for three days? You need to keep it open for a week.” This spontaneous reaction by Smt Sheila Dikshit, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, at the Clean India Show 2010 at NSIC Grounds, Okhla, set the pace for the three-day annual cleaning event. The very fact that
Issue Month : December Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 12
Public Toilet Maintenance
When we ask “Why is the toilet dirty?” we trace its origin to many diverse and interrelated toilet issues, including design, behaviour, public health, social graciousness, cleaning skills and methods, building maintenance, accessibility, technologies, public education and even water. These issues are also different in each kind of building e.g. a factory’s toilet serves different
Issue Month : December Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 12
Designing Public Toilets
Public toilets are places where one is compelled to ease oneself in unfamiliar surroundings among strangers of the same sex. Therefore, the fundamental principles of the design of toilets include psychological studies and not just physical clearances and space requirement. A number of different activity spaces are needed in a toilet: space occupied by the
Issue Month : November Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 11
Design flaws & Restroom Cleaning
A basic guiding principle in understanding restroom cleaning is that almost all public restrooms have used designs and have been constructed with methods and materials that embody flaws that work against easy removal of microbial contamination. These flaws include – non-mitered wall and floor intersections, walls that are coated with hard-to-clean coatings, grouted tiling on
Issue Month : October Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 10
Hygiene & Portable Toilets
Mobile toilets are not an end but a means to an end. A portable toilet service aspires to offer relief for people at construction sites, event sites, tourism sites and also in slums. Portable toilets are basically of two types. The first one is a Mains free or a chemical toilet and the other, a
Issue Month : September Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 10
Effective Washroom Cleaning
Facility owners and managers need to follow a multi-component cleaning programme to keep the washrooms clean and hygienic.
Issue Month : June Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 6
Cleanliness & Hygiene in Schools:Raising Questions
With the mushrooming of international schools in India, the level of awareness on cleanliness and hygiene at schools has improved to some extent. However, despite the availability of essential cleaning machines, chemicals and professional services in the market, providing a decent amount of amenities still remains a challenge at most schools. Even schools that are
Issue Month : June Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 6
In the market for proper sanitation
Poor sanitation spreads disease, yet efforts to provide subsidised toilets have been resisted for cultural reasons in many developing countries. To improve the rate of uptake, some people are now advocating a market-based approach.
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
Women in the cleaning industry:Making their (strong) presence felt
With the World Women’s Day falling on March 8, Clean India Journal interacted with some of the women associated with cleaning and the cleaning industry. Talking to women right from the janitor to the managing director level, Mohana comprehends that whether it is a man or a woman, it is the performance that ultimately matters.
Issue Month : March Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 3
