What is the perfect thing if you are sitting at your pop-up table and having a beer or three? A pop-up urinal! In a lot of older cities, there is a shortage of toilets and a surplus of beer. The result often is public peeing. But if we are going to have vibrant (and sweet smelling) cities, we have to deal with these kinds of issues.
One answer is the UriLift, with three stainless steel urinals that pop up at the push of a button. Springwise tells us that "the urinals and drain in the UriLift are connected to the mains sewer, so that interim cleaning is unnecessary; there's also a connection to the water mains, but the device can be supplied with a rainwater-based water tank instead, or for use without water."
The company also offers a Urilady version with an interesting cantilevered seat designed so that men cannot pee on it.
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The Urilift and associated installation costs amount to £45,000 (broken down as £27,000 for the product and £18,000 for installation). As the structure is made of stainless steel and is very robust its lifetime should be 15-20 years - equating to a cost of only £2,000-3,000 per annum in addressing this serious problem. Maintenance costs are estimated at only £2,000 per annum.
An equivalent public convenience with just a single toilet would cost approximately £100,000 with annual maintenance costs of £10,000.
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