WASHROOM HYGIENE
Some even offer a blow dryer, automatic lid and glow- in-the-dark function. Another innovation
is a function that raises the toilet seat for
a man – but not for a woman. This is
achieved using intelligent sensors that can detect whether a person is facing the toilet or away from it.
So it seems that an increasing number of washroom providers
are making their toilets
quirky, funny and surprising.
But do we really want to be challenged, embarrassed, disconcerted or frightened when visiting the loo? Surely what we really seek are clean, safe facilities
Visitors can admire the beach murals, fake lighthouse and picket fence and then be soothed by the sounds of seagulls calling and waves breaking on to a far-off shore.
Perhaps quirky washrooms are simply part of the culture in the Netherlands. After all they did open a “talking toilet” in 2004 that reminded washroom visitors at an Amsterdam cultural centre to wash their hands and avoid smoking on the premises.
Strange toilets are certainly in the culture of Japan where high-tech lavatories are common and where built-in amenities such as a heated seat and integral bidet are the norm.
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that are well stocked with
consumables such as soap, hand towels and toilet tissue?
This summer saw the advent of a new venture in the UK designed to offer simply that: spotlessly clean washrooms manned by attendants and supplied with all the necessary amenities.
London’s first 2theloo in Covent Garden provides shoppers and sightseers with access to clean toilets in a busy area of the city where public conveniences are few and far between. For the sum of 70p – little more than the cost of using a washroom at any London station –
visitors have access to clean, smart washrooms equipped throughout with Tork hygiene products. Some of the cubicles are quirkily themed on their Covent Garden surroundings, it’s true, but the emphasis is very much on high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
There may be washroom visitors out there who relish the prospect of ghostly figures appearing in their mirror. They might also like the idea of relieving themselves in a see-through cubicle that makes them feel spied upon. But most of us would probably prefer to be pleasantly surprised by the facilities we encounter.
We at Tork understand this and have just launched a new line of washroom dispensers specifically designed to delight and impress. The brushed stainless steel fascias and black trim of the Tork Image Design Line creates an immediate impression of luxury and glamour in any high-end washroom.
This washroom ‘wow factor’ – with its attendant quirks and gimmicks – appears to be trending. Meanwhile, organisations such as the Loo of the Year Awards are working quietly behind the scenes to raise hygiene standards at more basic washrooms to a consistently high level.
We at Tork are headline sponsor of this year’s Loo of the Year Awards. We are also international premium partner of 2theloo. So it is our ambition to raise hygiene levels at everyday toilets while also helping to provide additional washrooms of a high standard in places where toilet provision is poor, such as in city centres.
Weird and wonderful washrooms may attract any amount of public attention, but this may come back to haunt those providers who fail to get the basics right. After all, what we really want from a washroom are high standards of hygiene and ample supplies of toilet paper, soap and hand towels. Everything else is just the icing on the cake – or the hologram in the mirror.
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