Plymouth, £134.05, cash and contactless Cambridge councils made £3,736 from public toilet charges during the pandemic, more than any other area on the list, with each public toilet charging 20p per use. Second on the list was Scarborough Borough Council, which let individuals pay to visit the loo with cash and card payments, earning them £2,287 during the pandemic. According to UK merchant service provider, Paymentsense, only 15 per cent of public toilets accept contactless payments, and with the UK still dealing with the pandemic, the firm believes there s an important discussion to be had around moving to contactless payments for public toilets. The only two councils on the list to accept contactless payments were Scarborough Borough Council and Plymouth City Council.