{{Short description|Type of toilet}} [[File:Urilift Triple, Hague.jpg|thumb|Urilift-brand telescopic toilet in The Hague]] A '''telescopic toilet''', '''retractable toilet''', or '''pop-up toilet''', is a type of toilet which is stored underground and then raised (usually hydraulically) above ground when in use.<ref name="bbc2002" /><ref name="bbc1">{{cite web |title=London's West End: Man crushed by telescopic urinal dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64430454 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 February 2023 |date=27 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="explain1">{{cite web |title=UriLift Triple: retractable unit featuring 3 self-sanitising gents’ urinals |url=https://popuptoilet.com/en/assortment/urilift-triple/ |website=Pop-up Toilet Company |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="female1">{{cite web |title=Amsterdam is home to the world’s first retractable female toilet |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2016/03/87534-2/ |website=DutchNews.nl |access-date=8 February 2023 |date=25 March 2016}}</ref>
A very common type of telescopic toilet is a telescopic urinal, and they have often been employed at nighttimes or on weekends to discourage street urination.<ref name="bbc1" /><ref name="explode1" />
== History == Telescopic toilets were first invented and installed in the Netherlands in the form of telescopic urinals.<ref name="standard1">{{cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Colin |title=The loo that rises out of the ground |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-loo-that-rises-out-of-the-ground-6318964.html |website=Evening Standard |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en |date=12 April 2012}}</ref> In 2002 they were introduced in London for night time use, with more being installed in 2012.<ref name="bbc2002">{{cite web |title=Street toilets go telescopic |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2382831.stm |access-date=8 February 2023 |date=1 November 2002}}</ref><ref name="standard1" /> By 2014 there were over 200 across Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.<ref name="explode1">{{cite web |title=Explosion may have caused pop-up urinal to elevate |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2014/12/explosion-may-have-caused-pop-up-urinal-to-elevate/ |website=DutchNews.nl |access-date=8 February 2023 |date=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="standard1" /> In 2016 the first female telescopic toilet was introduced in Amsterdam.<ref name="female1" />
In 2014 a telescopic urinal shot up out of the ground due to a gas explosion, injuring the nearby system manager; usage of telescopic urinals was halted for a while, and then resumed.<ref name="explode1" /><ref name="female1" /> In 2023 a maintenance worker was crushed to death by a telescopic urinal on Shaftesbury Avenue in London when it fell suddenly on him,<ref name="mirr">{{cite web |last1=Hanlon |first1=Tim |title=Man crushed to death by pop-up urinal when it 'fell quite suddenly' onto him |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-crushed-death-pop-up-29176767 |website=mirror |access-date=16 February 2023 |language=en |date=9 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="bbc1" /><ref name="lbc1">{{cite web |title=Workman crushed to death by ‘telescopic urinal’ in horrific accident in central London yards from Harry Potter theatre |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/maintenance-worker-serious-injuries-crushed-telescopic-urinal/ |website=LBC |access-date=8 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and a second telescopic urinal was subsequently shut.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite web |title=London's West End: Second telescopic urinal shut after man dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64439322 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 February 2023 |date=28 January 2023}}</ref>
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Category:Types of toilet