Clean thing Cleaning the terrace: With these tools, you can fight moss and weeds efficiently water, march! If you want to clean your terrace quickly and thoroughly in spring, you should use a high-pressure cleaner. © Wojciech Kozielczyk / Getty Images A dirty terrace not only looks shabby, the greasy surface can also be dangerous. Cleaning is therefore part of the big spring cleaning. These tools are the best way to combat moss and co. Terraces don't have it easy....
Many refugees are currently arriving from crisis areas in Germany, including in the Dachau district. In order to expand the reception capacities there, beds and cupboards were transported to the accommodation for asylum seekers in Erdweg and set up spontaneously on Wednesday evening. Newly arriving refugees were accommodated in the accommodation container facility on Thursday. 15 volunteers from the Eisenhofen, Großberghofen and Hebertshausen fire brigades and the district fire inspection department took on the transport and set-up tasks. After about...
Will the dirty streets that tarnish Marseille's reputation soon be a thing of the past? After months of negotiation, the town hall of Marseille, led by Benoît Payan, and the metropolis, led by his opponent in the municipal elections Martine Vassal, have reached an agreement presented as a revolution to settle the questions of cleanliness of the second city of France. Until now, street cleaning was only piloted by the deputy to the metropolis in charge of these questions, a...
Eco test Dirt in Langnese Honey: The Ugly Practice of the Honey Industry All that glitters is not honey ©Getty Images by Denise Snieguole Wachter 10/20/2022, 9:24 am 1 min Honey is a natural product. Nothing is allowed in there except honey. That's the theory. But then Ökotest caught it cold, they found dirt in the Langnese honey. Other products attracted negative attention with sugar syrup and genetically modified pollen. It's no cakewalk: the testers have all sorts of things...
Coffee cups spilled on the floor or placed anywhere, sticky tiles, stained with huge stains, a multitude of papers thrown negligently on the ground or even metro tickets strewn on the tiles. Since October 10, waste has been piling up at the Perrache bus station in Lyon. The service agents of the Arc-en-ciel company, responsible for cleaning the premises, are on an indefinite strike. They demand the preservation of their work, threatened from January 1, 2023. The Métropole de Lyon...
household helper Dirt Eraser: Tips for optimal stain removal Walls and shoes, among other things, can be cleaned again with a dirt eraser © Irina Vodneva / iStock / Getty Images Dirt erasers are a real insider tip in the household. What they can do, what they are not suitable for and what you should consider when using them. Helpful tools and gadgets have become indispensable in the household. Whether it's a window vacuum, a robotic wiper or a dirt...
"Dirt is my second skin" and "Bathing a lot is harmful". With quotes like this from the Middle Ages, "The Book of Dirt" makes you smile right from the first pages. The wise advice on personal hygiene that Thomas Turner, owner of a grocer's shop in 18th-century England, has at hand may also irritate modern readers at first: "People should bathe regularly, that is, every spring at the annual bloodletting."Alright, let's start at the very beginning and let the dirt...
White edges Descale the faucet: It's so easy to remove the annoying deposits Limescale occurs wherever water flows. It's annoying, but can be removed. © LisaValder/Getty Images Limescale is not a sign of poor hygiene, but a component of groundwater: the more moisture evaporates on a surface, the more deposits become visible - especially on the tap. The white edges are not harmful to health, but provide a breeding ground for bacteria. Lime, also called calcium carbonate in technical jargon,...
Durability & Hygiene That's why you should descale your kettle regularly Kettles will calcify over time if they are not cleaned regularly © Daisy-Daisy / Getty Images 06.09.2022, 09:00 4 min reading time Depending on the region, the tap water can be particularly rich in lime or poor in lime. The resulting degree of hardness has a significant influence on the hygiene and durability of various kitchen appliances - such as the kettle. Why is that and what can you...
Status: 07/12/2022 11:34 a.m Alaska cruises are very popular in the United States. But the environmental protection regulations are strict - that's why the ships dump waste water off the picturesque coast of neighboring Canada. By Torsten Teichmann for the ARD Studio Los Angeles In the US state of Washington, more than 6000 square kilometers of the Pacific have been declared a sewage-free area, in Alaska shipping companies need a permit to open the valves on the high seas. That's...
