Mobile Toilet Explanation

A mobile toilet is a facility that can be moved as a whole and provides temporary toilet services to the public. It is suitable for various places and has advantages such as mobility, combinability, and ease of transportation.

Suitable Places

Mobile toilets are suitable for stations, docks, tourist attractions, villa areas, newly built residential communities, large construction sites, squares, densely populated public places, and bustling commercial streets. These places often face issues such as an insufficient number of fixed public toilets or unreasonable layouts. Mobile toilets can effectively make up for these shortcomings and meet people's temporary and阶段性 (phased) needs for toilets on specific occasions. For example, in 2023, the Lanzhou Yellow River Scenic Area gradually installed and put into use mobile toilets.

Composition Structure

Generally, they consist of a fecal sewage storage tank (or fecal sewage treatment device), floor slabs, sanitary ware, walls, washing equipment, water tanks, roofs, and mobile devices. The specific composition of mobile toilets may vary depending on their types and uses.

Development History and Classification

Initially, mobile toilets were made of materials such as wood, with simple structures and functions, and were prone to absorbing odors. Later, they gradually evolved to use materials such as fiberglass-reinforced plastic and polyethylene. According to their structural forms, they can be divided into single-structure mobile toilets and composite-structure mobile toilets; according to their mobility methods, they can be divided into hoisting and handling mobile toilets, and powered and towed mobile toilets; according to their sewage treatment methods, they can be divided into water-flushing and non-water-flushing suction-type mobile toilets, circulating water-flushing mobile toilets, and dry-packing mobile toilets.

Special Designs and Examples

In cold northern regions, mobile toilets have special designs. For example, the walls have an insulation standard of 4+, the entrance doors are made of thickened titanium-magnesium alloy doors with special locks indicating whether they are occupied or not, and they are equipped with 304 stainless steel squatting pans and PE energy-saving water tanks. There is also an extremely practical mobile toilet that is 10 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 2.8 meters high. Its main body is welded from high-quality galvanized square tubes and galvanized steel plates, and its surface is sprayed with high-temperature plastic, which is not only corrosion-resistant and rust-proof but also has a particularly smooth and beautiful appearance. The interior floor is made of anti-slip tiles, and the walls are made of bamboo-wood fiber panels, which are environmentally friendly and aesthetically pleasing.

Design Principles

The design of mobile toilets should follow the principles of mobility and convenience, economic durability; environmental protection and ecological friendliness, being beneficial to the environment; improving efficiency, and promoting humanitarianism. The overall structure should be considered to be lightweight, using lightweight and durable materials as much as possible. The structure should be sturdy. When designing, the height and width of the toilet should also be controlled, and the mobile device should be fully considered for completeness and rationality.