Pollee

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.[http://www.denmark.dk/en/servicemenu/News/Culture-News/RoskildeFestivalCallsUrinationSummit.htm Roskilde Festival calls urination summit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213225200/http://www.denmark.dk/en/servicemenu/News/Culture-News/RoskildeFestivalCallsUrinationSummit.htm |date=2011-02-13 }} — Denmark.dk The organizers were increasingly confronted with "wild peeing", because the toilet and urinal facilities did not keep up with the growing demand:

{{quote|text="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[http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/185830/20110724/pollee-uiwe-roskilde-peebetter.htm Pollee, Prototype Urinal to Make Life Easier for Girls] — International Business Times}}

The Roskilde committee initiated a campaign aimed at "developing human solutions to peeing in public space — for both sexes." 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.

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: {{quote|text="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[http://www.dezeen.com/2011/07/15/pollee-by-uiwe/ Pollee by UiWE] — Dezeen Magazine}}

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Together with the designers Sara Nanna and Nuala Collins, three prototypes were developed.[http://www.uiwe.dk/talking-girl-peeing-2/ Rethinking public peeing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810032825/http://www.uiwe.dk/talking-girl-peeing-2/ |date=2012-08-10 }} — UIWE All prototypes had, to varying degrees, plastic walls for privacy built around four triangular bowls. The urinal is used in a semi-squat position.{{cite web|title=Pollee Peebetter|url=http://peebetter.dk/category/pollee/|quote=Pollee is an open air, touch-free urinal made for a semi-squat position.}} Pollee is arranged in a crosswise style, allowing four women to urinate simultaneously. Handholds are attached to the walls, that help users to keep a comfortable position.[http://inhabitat.com/the-pollee-urinal-by-uiwe-because-girls-sometimes-need-to-pee-in-public-too/ The Pollee Urinal by UiWE: Because Girls Sometimes Need to Pee in Public Too!] — Inhabitat

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: {{quote|text="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[http://digitaljournal.com/article/309292 Peebetter introduces the Pollee shared urinal for women] — Digital Journal}}

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• [http://vimeo.com/27540864 Pollee — the female urinal at Roskilde Festival] — Video about Pollee, hosted at Vimeo

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