The public often points and discusses the name of the public toilet "Fragrant Room". People say that "Fragrant Room" is more likely to make people think of a kitchen at first glance. Citizen Mr. Wang said: "I hope the relevant departments can continue to provide free public toilets. Charging will likely put this new type of public toilet in an awkward position." He believed that setting up public toilets is to provide the most basic convenience for the general public. Charging may keep citizens out.
Netizen "Firm Belief" said that after Zhengzhou implemented free public toilets, the previously charged environmental protection public toilets were rarely used by citizens, and some environmental protection public toilets were basically in a state of no supervision or maintenance.
A staff member from the Erqi District Urban Management Bureau said that building fixed public toilets is constrained by various factors, so they can only add environmental protection public toilets on certain sections of roads.
Erqi District plans to build 22 public toilets this year. Seven installed environmental protection public toilets have a total value of more than 500,000 yuan, and seven solar-powered public toilets to be tendered later have a total value of about 1 million yuan.
The newly installed environmental protection public toilet on Xinghua Street has attracted readers' attention recently. Netizens are calling everyone to experience the "Fragrant Room" on Weibo.
Citizens say "this name sounds a bit strange"
"After flushing the waste, a lot of foam will appear. This foam contains fragrance agents, which can effectively isolate odors," the staff introduced. The naming of the public toilet might be related to the scented foam.
"According to the original charging standard of the environmental protection public toilet, the cost of using the fragrant public toilet should also be 50 cents. The Urban Management Bureau needs to hire temporary workers to maintain the public toilet normally, and the annual cost is around 10,000 yuan," a staff member from the Erqi District Urban Management Bureau said.
For netizens' suggestions, the staff of the Erqi District Urban Management Bureau indicated that the document regarding the charging of environmental protection public toilets has not been abolished, and the district Urban Management Bureau can reflect this situation to higher-level departments.
However, the management room of the public toilet is locked tightly, and only cleaning supplies produced by a manufacturer in Nanjing can be seen.
The fragrant public toilet is unisex, but charges are required for daily water and electricity expenses. In other words, the fragrant public toilet is not a free public toilet. Users need to pay to experience it.
"The name sounds a bit strange. It's possible that when using it, you don't have to smell bad odors," citizens guessed that there was something special about the equipment of this public toilet.
Due to nearby construction, the water and electricity issues of this public toilet have not yet been resolved, making it difficult to start operation soon. The fragrant public toilets near the Medical College, Qinqiao Street, and the Liberation Road overpass have already started operations.
This public toilet is located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Hanghai Road and Xinghua Street, covering an area of about 10 square meters, and has not officially started operations yet.
The public toilet is about 4 meters high, with transparent fiberglass covering the top, giving the overall structure a simple and elegant look.
The foam used to flush the toilet can emit fragrance
Netizens worry that "pay-to-use will keep citizens out"
The environmental protection public toilet is called "Fragrant Room"
The fragrant public toilet is a foaming blockage-type environmental protection public toilet. When in use, it automatically generates foam through electricity to prevent odor dispersion, but this type of public toilet is still constrained by water and electricity supply.
The liquid used to flush the toilet can emit a fragrance
Talking about toilets, many people's impressions would be dirty, messy, and full of unpleasant odors. The environmental protection public toilets put into use in the Erqi District may change people's views.
This kind of toilet requires payment to use
Yesterday, I went to see the "Fragrant Room"-style public toilet and learned about its operating model.
The fact that the fragrant public toilet is not free disappoints netizens who want to experience and use this new type of public toilet. They believe that Zhengzhou's free public toilets are leading nationwide, and they hope that environmental protection public toilets can also be freely available to citizens.
"If charging stops, the normal operation of the fragrant public toilet will need government funding support," this staff member said. Government fiscal funding allows citizens to possibly use this new type of public toilet.