To continually raise the overall service quality of public toilets nationwide and create restroom environments that are comfortable, safe, and dignified, the Ministry of Environment specially organized the 2025 “The Best Public Toilet” Outstanding Public Toilet Evaluation. Nominated by public and private enterprises and local governments, and selected through expert written review, on-site assessment, and online voting, 20 outstanding public toilets, 5 outstanding gender-friendly toilets, 3 distinctive toilets, and 3 outstanding cleaning units were ultimately chosen, with an awards ceremony held on World Toilet Day, November 19.
The Port of Taichung Passenger Center public restroom entered in this competition is a freestanding building surrounded by gardens and trees. Its architectural design uses extensive transparent bricks and hollow bricks to improve indoor natural lighting and ventilation. Centered on an eco-garden restroom concept, it provides a comfortable restroom space and achieves sustainable environmental quality.
Among many competing transportation venues—such as Taiwan Railway stations, high-speed rail stations, MRT stations, freeway service areas, and international airport terminals—the Port of Taichung, guided by a people-centered transport philosophy that goes beyond the basics of being clean, dry, and odor-free, incorporated energy-saving design into the building structure. Natural convection creates ventilation effects that reduce electricity use under an "eco-friendly" concept, winning central government recognition and the Outstanding Public Toilet award in the transportation venue category.
At the recognition ceremony, TIPC President Wang Chin-jung led Taichung Branch President Lin Chun-fu to receive the award. The Taichung Branch expressed special thanks to the hardworking cleaning staff and echoed the Ministry of Environment's ongoing call for shared participation in maintaining the environment of use, urging the public to adopt the attitude of "clean up what you mess up" and, when encountering cleaning staff, to appreciate their hard work and not hesitate to say "It's so clean—thank you," so that together we can create a better restroom environment.
