Recycling at school

It’s Clean-up and Recycle Week and there are lots of community cleaning up projects all over the country. If you want to find out more, please visit http://www.cleanup-sa.co.za/cleanupdiary.htm.

Schools are often very involved with their communities. A school is the perfect place to locate recycling bins. These bins do need to be well managed so that they do not over-fill. The school may choose not to have facilities for all recyclable material but only select collecting one or two items.

The school should identify a company that can come collect the recyclable materials or alternatively find a charity organisation that will collect the recyclables who can benefit from these goods.

Educators, learners and parents must be educated and encouraged to use the recycling facilities to ensure participation. Learners should know about how the packaging of their lunch or drinks maybe recycled. They should be encouraged to use bottles and lunch boxes that are not disposable so that they create less waste.

It may be necessary for bottles, cans and boxes to be flattened if they are to be stored before they are collected.

We can all do some kind of recycling. If you haven’t yet started then pick one thing to recycle. You’ll see it’s easier than you think. At Blendwell Chemicals  we’re always looking for new ways to recycle our waste. We can all work together for a better world for our children.

Other Areas to Clean in School Toilets

You will need to make allowances for the cleaning of all items within school toilets as a way to ensure the best hygiene standards are met. Some of these things will only require once a day cleaning and others will need even less.

Mirrors will require daily cleaning. Any stainless steel fitting surrounding the mirrors should be kept bright and shiny.

Walls and partitions should be spot cleaned as required. They should be checked daily.

Ceilings, windows, airvents, lights and fittings do not need routine cleaning but that doesn’t mean these items should be forgotten. When they do require periodical cleaning hot water and detergent is the best cleaner.

External pipework from toilets and basins should be cleaned weekly with hot water and detergent.

Feminine hygiene bins should be cleaned on the outside daily. Bins must be lifted off the floor during mopping of floor. Sanitary product disposal bins should be emptied and cleaned regularly preferably by a registered company.

Please also be aware that drinking water should not be available in the toilet facility areas.

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How to Clean High Risk Areas in School Toilets

Previously I wrote about cleaning the low risk areas of school toilets. Now, it’s time to deal with high risk areas. It will be necessary to have your colour-coded cleaning accessories at hand and fresh hot water with correctly dosed cleaning product properly diluted. These are areas that have regular contact and are most likely to be exposed to germs and bacteria. It will be necessary to clean these areas a minimum of twice a day, perhaps more.

Sinks and basins can be cleaned using a cream cleaner.

The toilets should be cleaned with your hot water and detergent mix. Both top and bottom of the toilet seat should be cleaned as well as the flush handles. Door knobs and any locking mechanism will need to be cleaned. Surrounds underside of urinals should be cleaned as well as any disabled persons grab rails.

Taps and soap dispensers should be washed and dried as well as hand driers. Special attention should be paid to the undersides and sides of hand driers and soap dispensers.

This should cover the highest risk areas of your school toilet facilities. If there is every any blood of faecal spillages these must be cleaned up immediately and the area disinfected thoroughly.

Regular and planned cleaning in toilet areas will make the school toilets hygienic and keep students healthy. For more information on cleaning, visit www.blendwell.co.za. Blendwell Chemicals manufactures cleaning products for all industries in Midrand, South Africa. We are your best local cleaning chemical manufacturer and wholesaler.

4 Tips for Cleaning School Toilets

When it comes to school toilets, cleaning should be taken very seriously. Dirty toilets in a school will negatively affect school attendance. Children who get sick more often are also less likely to achieve good marks so making sure that these facilities are hygienic is really important.

• Creating and sticking to a cleaning schedule is a great way of doing this. In fact, have two schedules – one for deep cleaning and one for maintenance cleaning.
• Each area within your toilet area should be assessed to decide what type of cleaning it requires. Some areas like the basins may be considered a lower risk area than the flush handles of toilets.  High risk areas should be cleaned with one cloth and low risk areas should be cleaned with a different cloth. To make this easier, each area should have colour-coded cleaning equipment that is used exclusively for cleaning that area. This will prevent germs and bacteria moving from one area to another.
• It is a good idea to start cleaning with the lowest risk areas and finishing on the highest risk areas. This does not mean that all areas must be cleaned every time cleaning is done but rather the lowest risk area for that cleaning rotation should be done first.
• You should also try to ensure that areas are dried thoroughly before users have access to the facilities.

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5 Tips to Maintain School Toilets

School toilets can get messy fast so maintenance work is vital. It needs to be planned and structured and also able to accommodate spot checks and cleaning.

• School toilets should be kept in a good condition.
• Supplies of toilet paper, soap and paper towels must be well stocked at all times.
• Any repairs that are required must be done promptly so that service is not disrupted.
• Planned maintenance is best done outside of school hours.
• The school should always have spare locks for the cubicles so that these can be replaced quickly when necessary.

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Six tips for cleaning toilets in schools

When it comes to cleaning in schools we would all like to imagine that our children have pristine toilets to use when they’re at school. I’m sure we all know what a mess our kids can make at home so several hundred kids should make an enormous mess. If the toilets are not hygienic, the kids will get sick more often. It’s vital to keep these areas clean.

Every school should have a cleaning plan:

The toilets should be cleaned at least twice a day and they should be checked after peak periods, like breaks.

Not all toilets should be cleaned at the same time to ensure that there are always facilities available to pupils.

Toilet facilities should remain open throughout the school day.

Toilet facilities should only be closed for temporary cleaning or maintenance purposes.

Ensure that your plan includes a provision for extra spot cleaning as necessary.

At least three times a year there should be deep cleaning taking place and this should coincide with school holidays. Deep cleaning should be administered by a specialist company.

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