Here at Universal Hygiene Services our mission is to help you keep your stores CLEAN & HYGIENIC.

We're guided by a group of core values that demonstrate our commitment to every cleaning job and client. With a winning attitude, we work with honesty and determination to go the extra mile and make sure our cleaning is of the highest standard. We offer great customer service, where we stand behind our products and use the best equipment for those who count on us. We respect our partners, our planet and our employees by creating a clean and safe place to work.

Rules and Regulations

• Health Authorities – putting stricter regulations in place.
• Waste Bill - (Act 59 of 2008) states: Sustainable development requires that the generation of waste is avoided, or where it cannot be avoided, that it is reduced, re-used, recycled or recovered and only as a last resort treated and safely disposed of.
• Legal disposal of Waste – Zero to Landfill Recycling Plant
• HACCP (Hazardous Analysis and Critical Control Points) is already in full swing in other industries, this will be in effect sooner than later.
• Waste must be classified every 5 years according to SANS (South African National Standards 10234:2008)

Grease carrying lines

• All lines carrying food waste will block up depending on 2 things; 1. Usage of store, 2. Maintenance of the pipes.
• High pressure steam jetting melts and breaks hazardous waste down.
• Any solid objects will also be removed
• High pressure steam jets will not harm the pipes. HOWEVER rods and steel pipes can – this can cause pipes to break within the walls, between concrete floors etc… NIGHTMARE to clean up and fix.

Disposal of waste

Universal Hygiene Services disposes of all grease trap waste legally according to the City of Cape Town SOPEH 01/2016 at a recycling plant avoiding toxic waste from being dumped in a landfill.