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Our Dirty World
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FACT 1
30 TONS OF DIRT AND GRIT FALL ON A CITY THE SIZE OF LONDON EACH YEAR.
(C.A.M.R.A.S.O.) (CARPET & MAINTENANCE RESEARCH & SERVICES ORGANISATION.)
FACT 2
70% OF ALL THE DIRT, DUST & GRIT ENTERING A BUILDING COMES IN ON PEOPLE'S FEET.
(DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.)
FACT 3
40% OF ANY CLEANING BUDGET IS USED TO CLEAN FLOORS.
(CARPET & FLOORCOVERING REVIEW, 21ST OCTOBER 1994.)
FACT 4
90% OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE COST IS LABOUR.
(CLEANING & MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE.)
FACT 5
INDOOR AIR IS FOUND TO BE BETWEEN 2 & 5 TIMES MORE POLLUTED THAN OUTSIDE AIR, YET MOST PEOPLE SPEND 60 TO 90% OF THEIR TIME INDOORS.
(C.A.M.R.A.S.O.)
FACT 6
9 OUT OF 10 SYSTEM FAILURES ARE CAUSED BY DIRT ACCUMULATION.
(TEXTILE RENTAL MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1993.)
FACT 7
TESTS CONDUCTED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AREAS SUCH AS ENTRANCES SHOWED OVER 1 KILO OF DRY SOILING WAS PRESENT IN UNDER 1 SQUARE METRE OF CARPET. THIS FIGURE INCREASES ON WET DAYS.
(C.A.M.R.A.S.O.)
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