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{{Infobox company
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'''LooCafe''' is an Indian [[public toilet]] model, built out of [[shipping container]]s with a [[point of sale]] attached with additional features.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhaskar |first=Anisha Bhatia, Sonia |date=2018-07-26 |title=Hyderabad To Go Swachh With 130 Loo Cafes, Equipped With Smart Toilets, Cafes And ATM Services |url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/hyderabad-go-swachh-130-loo-cafes-equipped-smart-toilets-cafes-atm-services-23313/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nitnaware |first=Himanshu |date=2020-12-07 |title=Hyderabad Man Turns Shipping Containers Into Solar 'Loocafes' With Stink Sensors |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/244124/hyderabad-startup-loocafe-ixora-fm-abhishek-nath-ghmc-public-toilet-innovation-him16/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}</ref> The company, legally incorporated as Ixora Corporate Services, works in the [[WASH]]
LooCafe is designed to end [[open defecation]] and [[public urination]] onto buildings, sidewalks, or streets,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jaggard |first=David |date=27 March 2012 |title=The Flow of History: The Mercifully Dwindling Presence of the Parisian Pissoir |url=http://www.paris-update.com/fr/hot-topics/cest-ironique/21580-the-flow-of-history-the-mercifully-dwindling-presence-of-the-parisian-pissoir |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720151833/http://www.paris-update.com/fr/hot-topics/cest-ironique/21580-the-flow-of-history-the-mercifully-dwindling-presence-of-the-parisian-pissoir |archive-date=20 July 2016 |access-date=18 July 2016 |website=Paris Update}}</ref> and create access to public toilets under the [[Swachh Bharat Mission]].
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LooCafes have worked with the [[British Council]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loo Café x Water Loop Video {{!}} Blog {{!}} ADF {{!}} British Council |url=https://design.britishcouncil.org/blog/2021/apr/08/water-loop/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=design.britishcouncil.org}}</ref> [[Hyderabad]] Design Week,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-08 |title=Hyderabad Design Week will showcase the city's entrepreneurial skills in offering global solutions |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/hyderabad-design-week-jane-withers-studio-6058162/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]] (GHMC).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/with-paltry-rent-loo-cafes-minting-profits/articleshow/68857911.cms|title='With paltry rent, Loo cafes minting profits'|newspaper=The Times of India |date=April 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/240119/loo-cafe-in-ghmc-maud-tussle.html|title=Loo Cafe in GHMC-Maud tussle|date=23 January 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>
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The toilets have operated during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]] with respect to disinfection work for public facilities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=ANI |title=Telangana sets up 'Loo Cafe' with options of disinfection, sanitization amid coronavirus pandemic |work=[[Asian News International]] |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/telangana-sets-up-loo-cafe-with-options-of-disinfection-sanitization-amid-coronavirus-pandemic20200903165145/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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