A student team from Trichy district of Tamil Nadu, has designed cost-effective urinals using waste plastic bottles. The environment-friendly and low-cost urinals made them win a Rs 50,000 cash prize worth national design competition.

The Union Middle School in Karumbapatti of Manaparai block in Tamil Nadu was suffering from the hazard of unclean toilets for a long time. The unhygienic condition of the school washroom facilities was leading to various infectious diseases. Devoid of proper urinals, the male students would have to urinate on the floor, causing their shoes and feet to be soiled by urine. The issue was becoming a cause for various urinary infections.

The competition 'Design for Change' gave the students an opportunity to fix the toilet problem. As the cost of installing a urinal was high, they came up with an innovative solution. The students cut the waste plastic bubble tops longitudinally and painted them white to make them look like urinals.

Students design cost-effective urinals Students design cost-effective urinals

Further, they collected funds from their teachers to procure other necessary parts to make the newly designed urinals functional. They even did the piping work by themselves to give the urinals their final shapes.

The innovation while providing a cost-effective urinal system to the schools lacking toilet facilities, has also provided a remarkable example for plastic recycling.

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