World Toilet Day 2023

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Tomorrow is World Toilet Day. On this day attention is paid to the importance of good sanitation and access to clean and safe toilets for everyone. It is also the day on which we traditionally announce, together with the MLDS and the Toilet Alliance, the toilet-friendliest municipality in the Netherlands. This is already the eighth year in a row that we can proudly present it to you.

The toilet-friendliest municipality of the year 2023 is municipality West Maas en Waal! ‍

Our mission: accessible restrooms at all times for everyone

Good coverage of hygienic and accessible toilets within all municipalities in the Netherlands that meet the standards set by the Toilet Alliance is the goal that HogeNood and the Toilet Alliance are jointly striving for. In which our mission is to make accessible toilets findable for everyone at all times. Every Dutch person needs a toilet. Especially the people who, due to the lack of toilet facilities, are anxious to go out or are afraid to go out at all. Something that frequently happens to people with digestive problems, stoma or incontinence, for example. In addition, having access to a hygienic toilet is good for Dutch health. Among other things, this prevents people from holding up their needs and/or drinking less before going out. In other words, sufficient hygienic and accessible toilets are quite a relief for both residents and visitors to municipalities! This allows everyone to enjoy an accessible, inclusive and welcoming municipality.

Ranking toilet-friendly municipality Netherlands 2023

With a total of 791 points, municipality West Maas en Waal managed to steam up from 283rd place last year to first place in the rankings. In second place is municipality Amersfoort which moved from third to second place with 767 points. Third place is taken by the municipality of Veere with 750 points.

The entire list can be found in this ranking table

The 6 indicators for determining the 2023 ranking of toilet friendliest municipality

That the municipality of West Maas en Waal is the most toilet-friendly municipality in the Netherlands does not come out of the blue, of course. In order to be able to determine which municipality may bear this honorable title, a ranking of all 342 municipalities in the Netherlands is drawn up every year. In order to be able to give a fair result, a points system is used that is drawn up in advance. The amount of points awarded to a municipality depends on the following indicators:
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1. Density - The number of inhabitants divided by the number of restrooms (max. 300 points)
2. Facilities - The facilities per toilet location. The more people the toilet is suitable for the higher the number of points (max. 300 points)
3. Proximity - The 500 meter standard, where to is no more than 500 meters apart (max. 150 points)
4. Public vs. Open - % Public restrooms of the total number of restrooms within the municipality (max. 100 points)
5. Policy - What policy does the township have for restrooms. Have questions been asked, has a motion been made, has a motion passed, is there an active policy? (max. 100 points)
6. Partner - Is the municipality a collaborative partner of HogeNood (0 or 50 points)

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In the media

In the media, some articles talk about a report grade where the points obtained are divided by 100. The number 1 municipality of West Maas en Waal has 791 points and thus a report grade of 7.9.