Paris residents are pissed over rather public eco-friendly urinals

New supposedly eco-friendly urinals in Paris have (literally!) pissed off locals, due to their rather public nature.

Installed on the Île Saint-Louis sitting on the Seine river, the uritrottoir (the combined French words for urinal and pavement) boxes have reportedly been deployed as an odorless “eco solution to public peeing,” designer Laurent Lebot told Reuters.

Each of the four bright red boxes has an opening at the front, and straw laden within, which apparently can be collected and used for compost for public parks. Each urinal comes with a little flower box on top, because why not? Read more…

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