Unwanted Food or Drink Products - Once supply conditions are broken, there are a number of factors outside of our control that can affect the quality of a product. Therefore perishable goods such as food and drink cannot be returned. You need to be sure you are using the appropriate detergent and, ideally, a high temperature for the cycle. Either is fine, as long as everyone understands and adheres to it at all times. The information should be visible at all times to all cleaners. When new employees start, they should be introduced to the colour code rules.

COSHH guidance for cleaning emphasises and enforces the importance of cleaning safely and responsibly. This involves identifying and minimising risks involved with handling cleaning chemicals. Without any damage, you should be looking to replace mop heads after they have been washed for a certain amount of time. This can vary depending on the type of mops being used. Cleaners work with potentially harmful chemicals and also have to be extremely careful to prevent cross contamination.For reasons of hygiene and safety, personal grooming products, cosmetics or items of intimate clothing cannot be returned. When dealing with the traditional cotton mop heads, you should replace them after 30 washes maximum. If you use the more modern microfiber heads then these last considerably longer. You can get up to 500 washes out of these before they need to buy replacements. Some companies design their own colour coded system but most use the universally accepted one introduced by BICS. Red is a hazardous warning colour and as such, should be assigned to the area with the most bacteria. Never assume that mops are self cleaning due to being covered in cleaning chemicals. This isn’t the case because as soon as moisture hits them, bacteria build. Therefore, whatever your mop preference, they need cleaning after every use.

This can be the generic red, yellow, blue and green or you can come up with your own unique colour chart.This system is based around the designation of a colour to each area to be cleaned, and using colour coding on cleaning chemicals.