This is something new. How many of you have heard about the term portable toilets? No doubt very less amount of people know about this new concept. As the name suggests, the portable toilets can be carried on from one place to another, which makes the deposition and also the removal of feces very easily. The best thing about portable toilets is that they do not pollute the environment in any manner.
As the name suggests portable toilets or you can call it mobile toilets are nothing but toilets which can be moved around. These are completely self contained toilets which do not require any pre- existing plumbing or sewage work. Some other types include the toilets installed in moving vehicles such as caravans or boats. However, the concept remains the same for all.
Different types of portable toilets include
Chemical Toilets
Composting toilets
Bucket toilets
Incineration toilets
Urine-diversion dehydration toilets
Container-based toilets
Freezing toilets
How do you think a portable toilet works?
Well the concept or the process of portable toilets is similar as the regular ones only here the waste does not go to any sewage system instead it is broken down with the help of water and chemical and then the waste has been flushed in the holding tank. Once you feel the waste is coming back with the flush then it means the holding tank is filled and needs to be disposed off. You meet have seen the color of water is different in these toilets if you have visited one. The color actually is the chemical which is mixed in the water to break down the waste.
The working mechanism for each portable toilet is different according to brands and uses
Every type of portable toilet has a different way of working. The above mentioned process is the basic concept which is used in these toilets. You can also say that this process almost matches with the chemical toilets.
History of the portable toilets
You will be surprised to know that the concept of these toilets goes as back as early 19th century. That time many writers named it as "thunder-box" which is defined as “a portable commode; by extension, any lavatory” in the oxford dictionary.
It is the proven fact that several new inventions admired by us are an updated version of things from the past. Our ancestors do had the brains and they have created several unique things during their rein.
What are the benefits of Portable Toilets
Never have to worry about finding a toilet on the road while you are travelling if you have one.
Easy to carry if you buy the smaller versions as there are some toilets which can easily be carried by a single person where as some of them require cranes or towing vehicles.
There is no need to buy the toilets. One can rent these toilets from the companies which offer these toilets on rent. So it is cost effective too.
These toilets are completely hygienic so there are no chances of transferring of germs and you can use it the way you want. Nowadays many advanced nations of the world, and industries like film and dance industries, as well as offices in remote locations are installing these toilets. Even the government is making the common people aware of the environmental effect of the portable toilets.
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