Portable Commode vs. the Porta-Potty

Row of porta potties

Music festivals, concerts, food parks, sporting events, and other crowded gatherings alike, no one’s favorite experience is using a porta-potty. Here’s a breakdown on why portable commodes beat the porta-potty in terms of hygiene, costs, setup, and maintenance.

How Portable Waste Bags Improve Work Conditions for Miners

Working in the mines is one of the most challenging and impressive professions in the world, and miners deserve a safe and dignified solution for their bathroom needs. Here’s how Portable Lavatory Systems can improve productivity for miners.

Brief Relief to Showcase Personal Lavatory Systems at WindPower Expo 2018

Helping the Wind Power Industry Provide Safe, Sanitary Work Environments. OCEANSIDE, Calif. , When wind industry employees are working out in the field, easy-to-access restroom facilities are rarely available. Wind turbines, by their very nature, are often installed in remote areas. What do employees do when they need to use the restroom? In the past, many workers […]

Press Release: Brief Relief Personal Lavatory Systems Utilized to Aid Hurricane Relief Workers and Address Health Hazards from Human Waste

In storms’ aftermath, portable, landfill-safe disposable bathroom solutions give utility workers, first responders and volunteer organizations access to hygienic sanitation facilities that contain waste.   ESCONDIDO, Calif. – Lack of access to functioning bathroom facilities in areas affected by the most recent hurricanes poses a serious threat to human health as the accumulation of human feces […]

Taking Care of Business – Wind Systems Magazine

What happens when you’re on someone else’s massive property, in the middle of nowhere, 300 feet above the ground, and nature calls? It’s not something a lot of workers may think about  — until they have to think about it. Thankfully, Brief Relief is a company that has put a great deal of thought into […]

Time for New York State to Pass the Restroom Access Act

Ally Bain was 14 when she experienced the humiliation of having an accident in public. She was out shopping with her mom when the urge to use the bathroom struck. As a patient with Crohn’s disease, she knew she had a matter of minutes before she would lose control of her bowels. Read More at: […]

The Women Behind the Wheel

A look into the life of female cab drivers in New York City, the last story in a three-part series. This is the last story in a three-part series on the life of immigrant workers in New York CIty. Here is Part One, on Chinese delivery workers, and Part Two on Latino construction workers. Read More at: https://prospect.org/article/women-behind-wheel

Can You Catch Germs From a Public Toilet Seat?

There’s no denying that public bathrooms can be germ-ridden places. According to a study presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of America annual meeting, scientists who studied samples taken from a variety of public restrooms found that the sheer number of illness-causing bacteria present was too big to measure in many cases. Read More at: https://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/can-you-catch-germs-from-a-public-toilet-seat.aspx

Bathrooms at JFK’s Central Taxi hold appalling, cabbies say

New York City taxi drivers put up with a lot. But even for long-suffering hacks, the stomach-churning toilets they’re forced to use at the city’s busiest airport are too much to bear, they said. The bathrooms at JFK Airport‘s Central Taxi Hold, where drivers queue up for fares, have fallen into an appalling state of disrepair. And […]