Sanisette

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Sanisette ( French pronunciation: Ã, [sani'z? t] ) is a registered trademark for public toilet self-contained, self-cleaning, unisex, pioneered by the French company JCDecaux. These toilets (and other similar toilets) are a common sight in some major cities of the world, but probably closely related to the city of Paris, where they are everywhere. In the UK they (along with the automated general convenience of other brands) are known informally as " Superloos ".

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Description

The Sanisette contains a toilet behind a door that opens when the button is pressed or, in the case of toilets paid, the coin is inserted into the control panel outside the toilet. Sink is provided as well (style varies with Sanisette model). When a user enters the toilet, the door is closed to provide privacy. After the user finished using the toilet, they went out and the door closed again. The washing cycle then begins in the toilet, and the toilet fixtures themselves are polished and disinfected automatically. After about sixty seconds, the toilet is ready for reuse.

Custom models exist for disabled users, although the latest version of Saniset is designed to accommodate users in wheelchairs as well as able-bodied. Some Sanisettes are designed to install flush in walls (sometimes seen at Paris MÃÆ'¤ tro station), or in decorative outdoor Morris columns. Most Sanisettes include their availability indicators: ready, busy, cycling (self-cleaning), or no service. Saniset can be configured to require coins or operate for free by pressing a button.

Saniset is usually configured to open the door after a period of time (usually 15 minutes) to prevent the homeless. The door can not be opened from the outside unless Sanisette is available and the coin is inserted (or the appropriate button is pushed). A handle on the inside of Sanisette's door allows it to be opened from within every moment (in the latest version, the door opens at the push of a button, but there is still a handle for emergencies).

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Advantages and disadvantages

Saniset replaces urinal road (especially in Paris). Their unisex design allows them to be used by men and women, both to urinate and defecate. Their self-cleaning mechanisms make them cleaner and help reduce odor. Some models provide music recordings for users. The locking doors provide better privacy than many older facilities.

Saniset carries a warning that small children should not be allowed to use the toilet alone because the heavy sensor may not detect a small child, allowing a cleaning cycle to run with a child inside.

The regular sanisette is too small for use by users in a wheelchair, so a special wheelchair-friendly Sanisette has been designed.

In some areas of France, Saniset is abused for drug trafficking, drug use, and prostitution.

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In Paris

City of Paris leases Sanisettes from subcontractors around EUR1200 per month. There are about 420 Sanisets in the city, and they are used about three million times a year. The city pays approximately EUR6 million per year to the JCDecaux company to operate and maintain Saniset.

Initially all Sanisets in Paris paid for the toilets, at a price of 40 cents per usage (in 2002). In 2003, more than a dozen Sanisettes were converted into free operations, especially in areas where homeless people gather. In 2004, the same conversion was carried out at 110 Saniset in parks and city gardens. Finally, the city of Paris decided to turn all of its Saniset into a free operation from mid-February 2006 (complete conversion will be completed by 2014).

In 2009, the city of Paris updated all versions of Saniset to newer with a number of new features and changes (pictured in this article).

Saniset has replaced the vespasiennes (urinal path) also known as pissoir, of which there were over 1200 in Paris in the 1930s. The only surviving vespasienne in Paris is on the Boulevard Arago, close to the intersection with Rue de la SantÃÆ'Â ©. It's still used regularly.

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See also

• Electronic Toilet

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References

• La DerniÃÆ'¨re Tasse (in French)
• Sanisettes Payers: ÃÆ' Â © vacuation (in French)

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