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cleaning
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Also known as purification, clean-up, clean up, cleaning up, cleanup, cleansing

Cleaning is the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, dust, and other impurities, from an object or environment. Cleaning is often performed for aesthetic, hygienic, functional, safety, or environmental protection purposes. Cleaning occurs in many different contexts, and uses many different methods. Several occupations are devoted to cleaning.

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Subclass of
maintenance
Part of
service
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Commons category
Cleaning
topic's main category
Category:Cleaning
has effect
cleanliness
practiced by
cleaner
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Contexts
  • Methods
  • Cleaning by item
  • Buildings and infrastructure
  • Other items
  • Occupations involving cleaning
  • References
  • See also
  • General
  • Biology and health
  • Organizing
  • Technologies
  • Other contexts

Cleaning is the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, dust, and other impurities, from an object or environment. Cleaning is often performed for aesthetic, hygienic, functional, safety, or environmental protection purposes. Cleaning occurs in many different contexts, and uses many different methods. Several occupations are devoted to cleaning.

==Contexts== Cleaning occurs in various commercial, domestic, personal, and environmental contexts, which differ in scale and requirements. Commercial cleaning, in business or other commercial settings Terminal cleaning, in healthcare settings Housekeeping, including spring cleaning Hygiene, including personal grooming Environmental remediation, the removal of pollution or contaminants from the natural environment

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cleaning” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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