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Portable Sanitation Association International News
BIWEEKLY EDITION APRIL 28, 2021
Page 29
Outside Concerts during COVID
Running rope to create socially distanced seating squares is
just one task an outdoor venue in North Charleston, South
Carolina added to its event preparation this April. Organizers
also planted 1,224 wood states, used 9,180 feet of Uline rope,
and commissioned 16 portable toilets. Along with the toilets,
they hired a couple attendants who were armed with sanitizer
spray. While the new protocols create much more work, shows
are selling out, and patrons are excited to see bands and
enjoy a taste of normalcy as we work our way back from 2020.
Read the full story here.
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Letter Requests Portable Toilets
In a letter to the editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican, a woman
questioned the lack of portable toilets on the many trailheads
in Santa Fe and in the national forest. She had asked volunteers
doing trail work last spring about getting portable toilets
and they said plans were in place. A year later, nothing has
happened and trails are only getting more crowded. Naturally,
the problem of human excrement and toilet paper on the trails
has grown with the crowds. Can the city step up to take care of
its parks and open spaces and the people they attract?
Read the full story here.
Book Explores Toilet's Good and Bad
In her new book, science journalist Chelsea Wald digs into the role
of toilets and sanitation across history and the globe. She posits that
investments in toilet technology and infrastructure could aid in the fight
to save our climate and provide the dignity of sanitation access to all.
Included are stories about the unintended consequences of banning pay
toilets as well as a grassroots effort in India to provide sanitation "health
centers" for women by refurbishing old city buses that were destined for
the scrap heap in Pune.
Read the full story here.
Sara Roza runs rope. Photo credit: Grace Beahm Alford