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Portable restrooms don’t just exist for convenience. In fact, they are an essential part of everyday life for people around the world.
Without portable toilets and the workers of the portable sanitation industry, people, animals and plants risk suffering the effects of coming into contact with human waste. Unfortunately, the World Heath Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) estimate that 3.6 billion people don’t have access to a safely managed sanitation service.
This highlights how important the portable sanitation industry is to the world and why it’s essential that it continues to grow to meet demand. To learn more about how portable restrooms save the planet, check out the infographic below.
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Portable Restrooms Save the Planet
Water Conservation
- Portable restrooms save 125 million gallons of fresh water every day and 45 billion gallons of fresh water every year
- Every day, Americans use more water by flushing the toilet than any other activity
- A running toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water every day
Health
- Portable restrooms help keep human waste out of water sources and the food chain
- Portable restrooms help curb the spread of deadly diseases
- If sanitation conditions were improved, at least 9.1% of the global disease burden and 6.3% of all deaths could be prevented
Economic Impact
- An estimated 3.6 million portable restrooms are in use globally and are serviced by a fleet of more than 10,000 trucks
- The portable sanitation industry includes more than 3,600 businesses and 39,000 employees around the world
- About 1,200 businesses in the United States are primarily focused on portable sanitation, and as many as 9,100 include portable sanitation within their business offerings
Sources:
Portable Sanitation Association International (PSAI)
