CLEANING
CLEANING SCIENCE PIONEERS
FRESH IDEAS Sales and Marketing Director at Cleanology,
Andy de Sallis, explains why we need portion control for biotechnology bugs that ‘eat’ dirt.
Office cleaning is undergoing a revolution. It may not be obvious to the casual observer seeing a team of cleaners arrive armed with mops and buckets, but delve deeper, and it is clear that technology is transforming the work that goes on after staff clock off.
The cleaning industry is no stranger to science and invention; there is even a British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc). The arrival of microfibre cloths, for example, helped to reduce the need for expensive (and sometimes harmful) detergents, while also facilitating much faster and more hygienic cleaning. Microfibres have swept the board, becoming commonplace in both homes and commercial operations, while many other initiatives and products are queuing up to transform the cleaning market.
Take biotechnology, which, in layman’s terms, uses enzymes to ‘eat’ dirt and bacteria. Most people are already familiar with biological washing powder; the powder contains microbes that, in turn, create enzymes that break down dirt and stains. The enzymes need low temperatures to work, resulting in effective cleaning that uses less energy, and at a lower cost than otherwise needed.
In recent years, commercial cleaning firms have been harnessing a similar reaction to introduce biotechnology to surface and floor cleaners. The products on the market not only tend to be more effective at cleaning than traditional chemical products, they are also safer to dispose of, and more cost effective.
However, CEO at London-based Cleanology, Dominic Ponniah, says the available options have one disadvantage: “Biotechnology is a fantastic innovation but, as with all cleaning products that require dilution, people often use too much product; they think that the more they splosh into a bucket, the more effective
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they will be. Some floors now contain so much cleaning product residue that you could easily clean the floor simply by adding water.
“Using too much product – especially biotechnology products, which are pH-neutral and completely safe – does not cause any harm, but it is wasting valuable resources. The cleaning firm ends up buying larger quantities of product and paying more to transport it, not to mention the environmental impact of extra journeys, waste generation and the unnecessary manufacture of products.”
An extra cupful of solution every couple of days might not seem like a catastrophe, but multiplied over a year, and across the 450,000 people working in the cleaning industry, the impact is significant. The cleaning companies cover the extra costs, but these sums then filter down into contracts.
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