The Future of the Commode: A World Without Flushing
In case you missed it -- and didn't spend a good portion of your Wednesday playing Turdly Winks on WaterAid.org -- yesterday was World Toilet Day. And by my calculations that makes this World Toilet Week. Which explains why the leading health and conservation authorities in Australia are calling on the world to ditch the old school flush toilet and take a seat on the water conserving throne of the future. At yesterday's World Toilet Summit in Macau, founder of the WTO (World Toilet Organization) Jack Sims railed agaisnt the water-slurping model that most of us use today, calling it unsustainable. Instead, the WTO is getting behind a new type of poo receptacle. Details are a bit sketchy on exactly what kind of "dry" toilet they're recommending, but one thing seems clear: instead of dropping the kids off at the pool, the new toilet would be more akin to sending them to work on the sustainable farm. The new toilets separate solid and liquid waste, making it easier to compost and turn into fertilizer.
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