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Tag: Bathrooms and Toilets

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What’s Greenest and Cleanest When Nature Calls?

July 15, 2024Elizabeth Anne BrownComments Off on What’s Greenest and Cleanest When Nature Calls?

Conventional toilet paper has a big environmental impact. We’ve got the lowdown on alternatives, from bamboo tissue to bidets.

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Gaza Toilet Shortage Creates Sanitation Crisis

February 24, 2024February 24, 2024Raja AbdulrahimComments Off on Gaza Toilet Shortage Creates Sanitation Crisis

“It is a public health concern,” one U.N. official said of the lack of toilets for displaced people in the territory. “But the second thing is simply just dignity.”

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Cleaning Latrines by Hand: ‘How Could Any Human Do That?’

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024SUHASINI RAJComments Off on Cleaning Latrines by Hand: ‘How Could Any Human Do That?’

Bezwada Wilson, born into a caste tasked with manually removing dried human waste, has spent 40 years trying to eradicate the practice and retrain workers.

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Blocked Toilets Close Eton, Boarding School for Britain’s Elite Sons

January 10, 2024January 10, 2024Victor MatherComments Off on Blocked Toilets Close Eton, Boarding School for Britain’s Elite Sons

Flooding and a sewer backup have delayed the start of the new term. Classes at the school, which has educated princes and prime ministers, will move online.

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Four Men Charged in the Case of the Missing Golden Toilet

November 6, 2023ALEX MARSHALLComments Off on Four Men Charged in the Case of the Missing Golden Toilet

The fully functioning 18-karat gold toilet, an artwork estimated to be worth $5.9 million, was stolen in 2019 from an exhibition at a stately British home.

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In a Nation That Nearly Wiped Out Cholera, the Disease Is Surging Back

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023Golden Matonga, John Eligon and Joao SilvaComments Off on In a Nation That Nearly Wiped Out Cholera, the Disease Is Surging Back

Malawi, in southern Africa, had all but eradicated cholera, recording only two cases in 2021. But more than 900 people died of it over the past 11 months, and the government is scrambling to contain its spread.

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Taiwan Drought: Residents Pray for Rain and Scramble to Save Water

May 27, 2021Amy Chang Chien, Mike Ives and Billy H.C. KwokComments Off on Taiwan Drought: Residents Pray for Rain and Scramble to Save Water

Some of the island’s lakes and reservoirs have nearly run dry. And water restrictions have forced many residents to modify how they shower, wash dishes and flush.

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‘Stand by Her’: In China, a Movement Hands Out Free Sanitary Pads in Schools

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020Tiffany May and Amy Chang ChienComments Off on ‘Stand by Her’: In China, a Movement Hands Out Free Sanitary Pads in Schools

Students and teachers are placing pads outside bathrooms as part of a grass-roots campaign to fight period poverty and to remove the stigma surrounding menstruation.

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Tokyo Now Has Transparent Public Toilets. Let Us Explain.

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020TIFFANY MAYComments Off on Tokyo Now Has Transparent Public Toilets. Let Us Explain.

Using “smart glass,” a Pritzker Prize-winning architect created colorful toilet stalls to allay fears about safety and hygiene. The toilets were set up in two public parks.

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Break the China Habit? Lobsters, Lights and Toilets Show How Hard It Is

June 17, 2020Damien Cave, Motoko Rich and Jack EwingComments Off on Break the China Habit? Lobsters, Lights and Toilets Show How Hard It Is

The risks of relying economically on the Asian superpower have never seemed clearer. But as the world tries to get moving again, it needs China more than ever.

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