Celebrated for the third year in a row, #iRecognise day is set by the ISSA Organisation in an effort to give cleaning operatives across the world well-deserved recognition. As the front troopers of keeping public areas clean, they have a role essential role in maintaining standards and keeping us all healthy, especially during the global pandemic of COVID-19. Imagine hospitals without their help. How would nurses and doctors support their patients? Imagine schools not being cleaned for days. Is it possible for our children to learn and build their future in such an environment? Imagine supermarkets building up dirt after a week of no cleaning. Would you buy your food and drinks from this place?

Cleaning and disinfection are key for keeping ourselves away from harmful bacteria and viruses. For this reason, ISSA is dedicating a day of recognition to these unsung heroes who deliver, an invaluable and essential cleaning service across the globe to keep all environments clean and safe.

The date has been selected one day before the Global World Clean Up Day (Saturday 18th September) whereby everyone across the world is encouraged to play a part in keeping our home planet clean and raise awareness of what a safe place, free from bacteria and viruses is.

How can you participate?

All businesses are encouraged to spread the word and raise awareness of the day, first. Second, take a moment to truly recognise the efforts of your cleaning staff. And finally, why don’t you organise a volunteering event for the World Clean Up Day tomorrow. Get a team together to spend a day in a place that needs more support in cleaning. Parks and nearby forests where public funding hasn’t reached yet; rivers that have been polluted by construction simply because, again, public funding is not available to dispose of rubbish in an environmentally friendly way; streets in areas that have been neglected – all ideas for volunteers to get together and participate.