You may recall early during the Coronavirus pandemic, toiletries were incredibly hard to come across. In fact, toilet paper manufacturers had to take the unusual step of discouraging people from buying their products so there was enough to go...
At the end of December 2019, the World Health Organization was alerted to several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. This virus was identified as a novel Coronavirus (now called Covid-19), this organism belongs to...
According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 40% of foodborne illnesses are transmitted via germs on our hands. Moreover, a staggering 80% of communicable diseases are transferred by touch alone. When done properly, good hand...
One-in-three office workers pop to the loo – even if they don’t need to go – to escape their colleagues and have a break from work. A poll of 2,000 office workers found that the average amount to time...
As a company dedicated to protecting health through better hygiene and washroom practices, we recognise that improving hand hygiene can quite literally be, a lifesaver. Rentokil Initial is a proud supporter of Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day...
Another month, another article on the dangers of poor hygiene. But this month, there’s more than an article – biologist and broadcaster Adam Hart has written an entire book on the subject. In The Life of Poo, Hart attempts...
The chain has been pulled by train station and council authorities, but they still can’t flush the anger mounting at the state of our public toilets. The issue has been cause for complaint this week, not least because the...
You’ve gulped your industrial strength energy drink, slogged your way through a bout on the treadmill and stretched your muscles with the weights, but keeping trim could be hazardous to your health – if your gym bag has a...
You’ve seen them on the catwalks, ogled them in high street stores and splashed the cash for one of your own – but do you realise just how much bacteria is infecting your handbag? Few do. Yet we found...
You might think of Stephen Hawking or Alan Turing when intelligence is on your mind, but the future of washrooms is growing smarter and smarter – and it’s all thanks to intelligent responses. Indeed, if you enter a top-notch...