pagh headquarters copenhagen denmark products urinals website peebetter.dk pollee is a mobile female urinal designed and produced by the danish design bureau uiwe . it is specifically designed to be used at public events such as concerts of music festivals . contents 1 development 2 concept 3 see also 4 notes 5 external links development edit in march 2011 the organizers of the denmark roskilde festival one of the biggest music festivals in europe initiated a conference the urination summit titled backstage piss off to discuss the problems of public sanitation during the festival . 1 the organizers were increasingly confronted with wild peeing because the toilet and urinal facilities did not keep up with the growing demand we had really long toilet queues where it was often women who stood and waited . this meant that many girls ended up using the fence to urinate . signe brink pedersen project manager at roskilde festival 2 the roskilde committee initiated a campaign aimed at developing human solutions to peeing in public space for both sexes . 2 the copenhagen based uiwe design bureau took part and developed pollee an open air touch free urinal for girls as an alternative to the crowded and often unhygienic portable toilets . concept edit the idea behind pollee was to provide for women an easy and convenient urination alternative to portable toilets . the plan was to reduce the queues in front of the portable toilets our drive is that pollee becomes a real queue killer that enables girls to get peeing over and done with quickly so they can get on with the more fun and important things . queuing is such a waste of life uiwe 3 pollee female urinal together with the designers sara nanna and nuala collins three prototypes were developed . 4 all prototypes had to varying degrees plastic walls for privacy built around four triangular bowls . the urinal is used in a semi squat position . pollee is arranged in a crosswise style allowing four women to pee simultaneously . handholds are attached to the walls that help users to keep a comfortable position . 5 three final versions of the pollee were first introduced at the roskilde festival 2011 . the introduction was regarded to be successful ; the urinal was well received with many women using it quite frankly the girls response at the festival was overwhelming . we have talked to hundreds of girls and although we received ideas for improvement the overall message was we use it and we love it christian pagh 6 see also edit female urination device sanistand notes edit roskilde festival calls urination summit denmark.dk a b pollee prototype urinal to make life easier for girls international business times pollee by uiwe dezeen magazine rethinking public peeing uiwe the pollee urinal by uiwe because girls sometimes need to pee in public too inhabitat peebetter introduces the pollee shared urinal for women digital journal external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to portable female urinals . pollee the female urinal at roskilde festival video about pollee hosted at vimeo v t e toilets equipment ballcock bidet bidet shower brush cistern electronic bidet flushometer hand dryer paper towel dispenser roll holder seat seat cover soap dispenser toilet paper trap u bend types aircraft accessible arborloo bedpan blair board bucket cathole chemical composting dry dual flush flush freezing head boat hudo scouting incinerating latrine low flush passenger train pay pit pig portable public sanisette self cleaning space squat treebog unisex public urine diverting dry washlet cultural aspects adult diaper bathroom privileges dunny feminine hygiene flying toilet glory hole honeywagon incontinence pad islamic toilet etiquette istinja latrinalia manual scavenging outhouse privatization of public toilets rest area scatology shit museum slopping out toilet room toilet god toilet humor toilet paper orientation toileting toilet training toilet related injuries and deaths toilets in japan toilet twinning urinary segregation washroom attendant urine related aspects female urination device pissoir pollee urination urinal urinal health care urine diversion feces related aspects anal cleansing defecation defecation postures fecal sludge management night soil open defecation historical terms aphedron chamber pot close stool commode garderobe gong farmer groom of the stool pail closet privy midden reredorter see also menstruation sanitation sewage treatment world toilet day retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pollee & oldid 719548250 categories portable buildings and shelterstoiletsurinalshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 10 may 2016 at 10 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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