50% reduction in spillage because of a fly Authorities have been educating men and boys to urinate directly into a urinal and not to splash liquid on the floor. Research suggests that most of this education has been ignored. Hoping to find a better approach to reducing spillage and, therefore, cleaning requirements, researchers placed an […]

50% reduction in spillage because of a fly Authorities have been educating men and boys to urinate directly into a urinal and not to splash liquid on the floor. Research suggests that most of this education has been ignored. Hoping to find a better approach to reducing spillage and, therefore, cleaning requirements, researchers placed an image of a small fly in the base of urinals in a men’s toilet to see what effect it might have. One study reported a 50% reduction in the ‘splash’, or at least the liquid on the floor. Some 60 – 70% of users intentionally aimed at the fly.A university in the United States replicated this study.  Instead of a fly, the logo of another University was painted in the bowl. Again, there was a 50% reduction in liquid splashed on the floor. Once again, boys and men were aiming at the logo, and this…