Sewerage

Handheld urinals relieve truckers, German soccer fans

In Environment, Innovation, Sewerage, Sports on 26 October 2007 with no comments

For well-hydrated fans at next year’s European Championship in soccer: the roadbag. Der Spiegel Online says:
A Cologne-based company has developed a urinal-in-a-bag and is negotiating with a merchandising firm to distribute it at next year’s European football championship in Austria and Switzerland.
The bag contains absorbent polymers which soak up the urine and turn it into [...]

More beautiful manhole covers

In Art, Design, France, Sewerage on 26 October 2007 with no comments

More beautiful manhole covers, this time from all over France.

Japanese manhole cover pool on Flickr

In Design, Japan, Photography, Sewerage on 24 October 2007 with no comments

The Japanese manhole cover pool on Flickr is worth a quick browse. My favorites: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, & VII.