ASSOCIATIONINSIGHT
Portable Sanitation Association International News
BIWEEKLY EDITION MARCH 31, 2021
Page 27
Soup Kitchen Offers Portables
Cameron, pictured here, visits Our Daily Bread soup kitchen
in Cincinnati, Ohio every week day to get a hot meal. He is
just one of many city residents who are homeless. Fortunately,
patrons can also use one of two portable toilets the soup
kitchen has provided outside the building. Our Daily Bread's
executive director explains, "It just became sort of the new
way of doing business. Since we couldn't bring people in,
we had to bring those amenities out to them." In warmer
weather, the kitchen also provides hand washing units.
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Vandals Stink Up Area and Pay
Two young men are behind bars in Picton, Ontario, after local
police charged them with trespassing on private property at
night and mischief. The men were allegedly looking through
parked cars at a new development in the wee hours of the
morning, and purportedly tipped over a portable toilet at a
construction site for good measure. The men, ages 19 and 21,
are due to appear in front of the Ontario Court of Justice in
Picton on April 21, 2021.
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The Latest in PPE
Portable restrooms have inspired the latest in personal
protective equipment! Wearable Weather Pods were created
after their founder took refuge inside a portable toilet during
a rain storm at his daughter's soccer game in 2010 and they
quickly took off as a product for outdoor events. During
the pandemic, new designs have literally proven to be
lifesavers, as healthcare workers have used one new product
as intubation pods and fast food workers are using another
design for curbside ordering and delivery.
Read the full story here.
