Bad news for Bay Area drunks: A new San Francisco Public Works initiative is having select walls covered in hydrophobic paint to bounce back urine onto its assailants. The city got the idea from ...

If you’ve ever lived in a bar neighborhood, you know the smell. It’s the stench of idiots peeing all over the walls, doors, and sidewalks of your street—and until now, there really hasn’t been a ...

Anyone who gets the urge to relieve themselves against a wall in a dark, secluded alley somewhere in town rather than look for a restroom might want to rethink their decision. That wall might just ...

If you happen to live in a well-trafficked area, particularly one close to drinking establishments, you’re going to have to deal with some funky aromas. One public urinator here and there isn’t a big ...

Plagued by an influx of peeing partygoers, San Francisco has resorted to new means to curb public urination. Last week, San Francisco Public Works began painting buildings around the city with a clear ...

Hydrophobic paint is a clever technological response to the problem of public urination, but ethics should push us further than walls that pee back. Given a sufficient supply of Ultra-Ever Dry paint, ...

Late night revellers and heavy drinkers may think nothing of relieving themselves in public. But now walls are fighting back against the disgusting habit. Walls in San Francisco have been coated with ...

Drunken revellers tempted to relieve themselves against a wall in San Francisco had better think twice, or they’re likely to get a very nasty surprise. Sick of overly-refreshed party-goers weeing al ...

People living in Hamburg's St. Pauli's nightclub district are used to hordes of drunken tourists, crime and prostitution but many are fed up with late-night revelers who urinate on public and private ...

Any overly refreshed visitors to Hamburg should think twice next time they fancy relieving themselves up against a wall. That's because residents of the pub-heavy area at the heart of the party town ...