Toilet

French MPs propose quotas for public toilets in towns

‘This is a public health issue for people with illnesses such as Crohn's or diabetes, for the elderly and for children’

Bid to make public toilets free in France

The change is particularly targeted at train stations which charge for access

French pee reader sends health data from the toilet to your phone

The U-Scan, costing just under €500 at launch, can track a woman’s monthly cycle or monitor nutrition and liquid intake

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Toilet roll price row looms between makers and supermarkets in France

Paper product companies are facing substantial rises in energy and raw material costs and want supermarkets to pay them more. Shoppers would be left with having to pay a ‘few extra cents’ on products

Slow motion concerns

Is global warming affecting our toilet habits?

Digital ads: French MPs claim ‘right to pee in peace’

A group of French MPs have demanded the right to “go to the toilet in peace”, and hit out against intrusive digital advertising, after one MP objected to advertising screens in the toilet of a Paris café.

Make sense of... The French bidet

Seen as amusing and mystifyingly foreign by many Brits, the bidet also went out of fashion in France but is making a comeback

Paris ‘eco-friendly’ public urinal causing controversy

A new public “eco-friendly” urinal in Paris is causing controversy after residents have complained about its placement next to a 17th century hotel, in the historic area of Ȋle Saint-Louis.