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An award-winning design for the toilet of the future makes it easier to switch to a more natural posture Tuan C. Nguyen Innovation, fundamentally, has been about the new and improved. But some ...

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Cities in France are installing outdoor urinals as the coronavirus lockdowns causes a lack of public toilet facilities. The closure of public toilets along with bars, cafes and other venues with ...

A warehouse in Swindon has installed a 'hole-in-the-ground' toilet to cater for foreign workers, according to reports. Employees from eastern Europe apparently prefer squatting while using the loo, ...