If it’s brown flush it down….. but if it's yellow it stains! Please help!!

A_fiend_for_life

Soda crystals are great. You can use them for all sorts of cleaning job and at 56p a kilo, they are far better than any other detergents I've used. Reduced lemons are good for cleaning too.

geordie_joe

geordie_joe wrote: »

If there wasn't urine going down the toilet then it would be much cheaper and easier to clean the water. So I reckon if we want to "save the planet" we should all start peeing in the garden.

I had intended to keep my head down and hope this went away, but I did more digging.

Some countries are experimenting with separate systems for urine. Unfortunately some web authors have found out about this and either not read the full facts or simply told lies.

The real reason they are doing this is not the reasons I stated, but because urine is fertilizer. Not cheap fertilizer, not free fertilizer, but fertilizer people are paying to have taken away, and you don't get cheaper than that!

This fertilizer will be green, in the sense that it is not man made.

(Oh god, I really wish I hadn't wrote that!)

But that will be it's only green point, it won't save resources or money. But if they can stop it getting mixed with the Harpic and Domestos at source then they have a product they have been paid to take away. Not just a product, but a product that will require little processing before resale, and one that the world really needs. A natural, free and recycled fertilizer.

All they need is a catchy name for it and they are quids in. They get the water for nothing, it falls from the sky, they pipe it to us and charge for it, we drink it then pee it down the toilet, they charge us to take it away then bottle it and sell it back to us.

I may have set off on the wrong foot, but I was right about cutting out the middle man and peeing in the garden

Ben84

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

If you’d like to read more about this subject may I suggest reading Water: Every drop counts a topic covered by The New Internationalist some time ago.

Thank you for the link, it does make very interesting reading. One relevant fact I found there is that producing a single Kg of beef requires around 42,500 litres of water. Even my old 9 litre toilet would need to be flushed about 4700 times to consume that much water.

andrione1

after quickly getting the gist of this thread, i will definitely not try saving water by not flushing . i hate cleaning the toilet ! sorry, but it's gross to leave it so long that it stains, how about just flushing every other time?

thescouselander

andrione1 wrote: »

after quickly getting the gist of this thread, i will definitely not try saving water by not flushing . i hate cleaning the toilet ! sorry, but it's gross to leave it so long that it stains, how about just flushing every other time?

Quite honestly I think this thread is daft. The most environmentally friendly thing to put down your toilet is water - not domestos, soda crystals or even vinegar. Not flushing the toilet just increases the need to use the afore mentioned chemicals which I think we can agree is not good. Not flushing will also make your house smell.

The best thing to do is flush - every time! If you want to save water, get a dual flush toilet. Our dual flush toilet is adjustable so on small flush it only uses aout 3L or water. Job done.

andrione1

yes i agree with scouselander. better water down than chemicals to get rid of ..... i shudder to think!!

calleyw

does anyone think it is mad that we use fresh water the same stuff we drink to flush our waste away.

People might feel better if we used grey water say from the washing machine to flush loos. I would love to have a grey water system. As I believe it to be so wasteful.

Everyone does there own thing and there is no right or wrong way to do. If people want to flush every time then so be it. But wait until everyone is on meters and moaning like heck about the cost of there bills.

Yours


Calleu

thescouselander

calleyw wrote: »

does anyone think it is mad that we use fresh water the same stuff we drink to flush our waste away.

People might feel better if we used grey water say from the washing machine to flush loos. I would love to have a grey water system. As I believe it to be so wasteful.

Everyone does there own thing and there is no right or wrong way to do. If people want to flush every time then so be it. But wait until everyone is on meters and moaning like heck about the cost of there bills.

Yours


Calleu

The trouble with grey water is that its contaminated with all sorts of stuff that can get stuck to the insides of your pipes and cause a blockage.

We use just over half the average amount of water in our house. We dont take any extream measures to save water but we do have efficient appliances and a dual flush toilet - which seems to do the job.

Ken68

Yes mad isn't it, every new build should have grey water systems and until such time as I can get around to it, I use washing machine water and rainwater to flush the loo, using a bucket. Not for everyone but my water bill is £24 a year. Incentive enough surely.
Vinegar is a brilliant cleaner, Tesco 14pence a bottle, daily clean using a large sponge and then a flush and once a week tip the lot in to work it's magic overnight.

vl2588

Hasn't anyone heard of moderation?! It is perfectly possible to reduce flushing without getting stains. I only leave waste in the toilet when it is very dilute (i.e. when I am well hydrated) and when I know I am going to use the toilet again relatively soon. This is easy for me as I pee a lot (gosh this is personal!) and it is often fairly dilute (don't worry I don't suffer from diabetes insipidus either!).

Anyway, just thought I would point out that it is possible to save water and the environment and not compromise cleanliness!