(Note – Google translate) Installed in the summer of 2020 in the Chapel district, the “Naturinoirs”, which were to aid in the greening of the district, turned into a total fiasco. Dilapidated, unsanitary and inefficient, they are now closed to the public.
It was a foregone conclusion. Less than six months after their installation, the “Naturinoirs” of Paris have already become giant bins. Basically, reports Le Parisien , the three installations – two urinals and a cabin – were to allow urine to be recycled, in order to transform the latter into fertilizer. Unfortunately, the “Naturinoirs” do not work, the shadow of the neighborhood prevents the solar panels powering the equipment from working. Worse, the huge tanks, which can contain 1000 liters of urine, leak … After barely a few weeks, the “Naturinoirs” are extremely damaged, and no longer work at all. And local residents describe the unpleasant consequences of this failure to the Parisian :“The vespasians never worked! says a local resident. It was horror. Liters of piss flowing on the pavement and no one to clean up. The horror! “
