Singapore is known for its beautiful environment and orderly management of the city, and is known as the “Garden City”.
Public toilets in Singapore are basically attached to public buildings such as shopping malls, restaurants, and subways, and there are very few dedicated public toilet facilities. Set up mobile toilets on the roadside only during large parades. Also, all public toilets are free of charge.
In terms of architectural design, the public toilets in Singapore are divided into male and female toilets and disabled toilets. The disabled toilets are shared by men and women. Most of the men’s and women’s toilets have no doors, and the reasonable separation of the building is used to set up the entrance to meet the requirements of the privacy of the toilets, and to prevent the door handle from contacting infectious bacteria.
The internal toilet setting is similar to that of the domestic one, and it is divided into urinal and stool squatting position; most of the female toilets include a baby finishing position. At least one squatting position in each men’s and women’s toilets is a squatting toilet. In pure public buildings with high traffic (such as subways), all squatting positions are squatting toilets.
In terms of internal facilities, it is basically the same as in China, there are wash basins, hand sanitizer boxes, vanity mirrors, hand dryers or hand-wiping cartons, garbage cans, and toilet paper boxes are set up inside the toilet. It is worth mentioning that almost no ordinary toilet paper baskets are set up in all squatting positions, and only in the women’s toilet squatting positions there are special paper baskets for collecting sanitary napkins, with built-in disinfectant.
In the choice of sanitary ware, following the principle of avoiding human contact and infection to the greatest extent, the handwashing faucet and toilet are selected with induction flushing faucets/toilets, or self-closing flushing valve flushing faucets/toilets. The self-closing flushing valve flushing toilet controls the valve installation height below 30cm, which is convenient for foot-stepping valve flushing.
In addition, the function of singapore’s public toilets is gradually developing from toilets to full rooms and lounges, and many new toilets are equipped with full-length mirrors and appropriate green plants. Moreover, the management of public toilets is also very in place, the environment is clean, and all facilities can operate normally, which is also the key to the effective functioning of public toilets.
It is believed that with the development of the economy and the improvement of national quality, through the continuous efforts of sanitation personnel and foreign counterparts to learn from each other’s strengths, China’s public toilet facilities and management level will continue to be improved to better serve the people.
