Foreign Mobile Toilets and Restrooms
There are various types of mobile toilets and restrooms abroad. Here are several representative types:
The fully automatic rotating public toilet on the streets of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is highly distinctive. It houses two sets of toilets inside and features a seamless rotation usage mode. When the user steps out of the cabin, the entire cleaning process starts simultaneously. First, the floor is flushed to wash away stains and flush garbage into an underground collection bin. Then, the public toilet rotates 180 degrees in place and enters a dedicated cleaning cabin. Inside the cleaning cabin, multi-directional nozzles provide a comprehensive cleaning. High-pressure water jets further wash away stubborn stains, and finally, a high-pressure air pump dries the interior to ensure it is clean and tidy before rotating back to the usage position. However, this public toilet requires a card to enter and adopts a tiered time-based charging method, collecting different fees according to the usage duration.
The portable toilet designed by German designer Eva Tint embodies the characteristics of compactness and portability. It is a foldable and portable toilet device with a leaf-like appearance, made of special eco-friendly materials. When folded, it measures approximately 12×28 centimeters, allowing it to be easily stored in a woman's handbag for convenient carrying. It is equipped with a super-absorbent agent inside. After the user uses the toilet, the absorbent agent can quickly convert the liquid into a gel, effectively preventing leakage. There are usage instruction diagrams printed at the bottom to help users quickly understand the usage method. Cleaning wipes are also provided for use to ensure the user's cleanliness and hygiene. After disposal, this portable toilet can be treated as ordinary garbage, making it very eco-friendly and convenient.
In addition, there are some special situations with mobile toilets abroad. There have been cases where a mobile toilet was blown up into the air by strong winds, and the dirty contents inside fell on the surrounding people, reflecting the stability issue of mobile toilets in extreme weather conditions. The early mobile toilets in Europe, which were pushcarts with wooden boxes and a piece of cloth hanging, were relatively crude. They were wooden boxes with wheels, with a tattered burlap curtain hanging outside. There were probably no decent feces storage pits inside, and they relied entirely on being pushed by the cart. After being used for a long time, the wood would absorb odors, and the burlap curtain could not block the smell at all, resulting in a poor user experience.
