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In what city officials are calling a “revolution in urban sanitation,” Portland will begin installing CrapTrap 3000™ units across the metro area—human-sized, self-cleaning litter boxes designed to address the growing issue of public defecation, and “shaping the future, one log at a time.”
The sleek, solar-powered devices look like a cross between a futuristically egg-shaped phone booth and something your cat would nervously sniff at.
“We were inspired by automated pet litter systems,” said Cheryl Marlow, Director of Portland’s Department of Urban Cleanliness and Experimental Infrastructure. “Except this one’s big enough for a person, and probably way too expensive. These units are solar-powered, odor-sealed, and come
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