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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Key bit:

On Wednesday, B.C. Building Trades launched its Get Flushed campaign, which aims to change provincial rules to force construction companies to provide either toilets and hand-washing facilities connected to sewer systems, or portable units with running water, on job sites with 25 or more workers.

Before the “25 or more workers” I had no clue how they could achieve this. But for 25 or more workers, it seems trivial to at a minimum bring in a shipping container kitted out with a water and sewage resevoir.

I’d argue that this should also be the case for any farm workers; no more chemical toilet in the far corner of a 10 acre field.

Hooked up to sewage? Good luck; only the largest sites would have access to a working sewage line and a permit to use it. In most cases, the job would be over before the permit came through, if there was anything to hook up to.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have been to wedding that have nice washroom trailers for the event. If a small wedding can have a nice washroom trailer I am sure a job site with 25 people can afford it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve been on site with the ones built out of a portable, like you see on school grounds. They have full flush facilities, they’ve got a separate water reservoir set up underneath or alongside that’s hooked up to a fire hydrant.

Hell, you can get hand wash stations that work on a foot pump using grey water that are pretty space-saving, even, if you don’t want to totally ditch the portajohns.

The only problem is the people who use them and leave them filthy as fuck.

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