As many other metropolitan cities throughout the world have done, San Francisco has finally decided to hire individuals to maintain their small, but growing, number of public restrooms. For up to $16 per hour, these workers monitor toilet activity and keep them clean – with the hopes that more people will actually use them if …
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While not a widespread problem here in the States, it seems Australia’s dry season brings more than the typical brown lawns and cooler weather…it also brings frogs, searching for someplace cool and wet when all their normal hangouts have gone. That comfy, cozy spot, from a frog perspective, just may be your toilet.
Typically, the …
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If you’ve ever heard of Uber or Airbnb, the advent of Looie probably won’t surprise you – and if you haven’t…Well first off, let us assure you that you’re not completely alone in this or devastatingly old, and then let’s marvel together at the idea of an app for your smartphone that will help you …
Continue reading New “Looie” App Promoting Clean Bathrooms – For a PriceAs many parts of the country either face or experience another drought year ahead, water conservation tips abound. Overall, many water saving efforts focus on using less, but there are plenty of ways to collect water that would otherwise run down the drain – like putting a bucket in the shower or a basin in …
Continue reading How can I use leftover waste water to flush my toilet?Shock Top Brewing is encouraging Californians to “drop a brick” in their toilets to help facilitate water conservation during the drought. The “bricks” are actually flexible rubber look-alikes, not clay bricks, which is better for sewer systems as clay can disintegrate over time and cause clogs, and cost from $5-$15 depending on how and where …
Continue reading Beer Maker Advocates Dropping a Brick in the Toilet to Conserve WaterEven with prospects of a strong El Nino this winter to replenish water supplies, the drought in California is far from over. As the old saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and the latest state rebate program will not only help to cut water usage right now, but in …
Continue reading California Offering $30 Million in Rebates for Old Toilets & TurfAs with many third world countries, Kenya has its share of sanitation problems. One company, however, is working to change that. Not only by providing key assistance and education to the people of this African country, but also by empowering them to change their own sanitation habits – and make a living doing it.
Sanergy …
Continue reading Toilet Franchise Cleaning Up Kenya’s SlumsIn America, we have long taken the implementation of separate bathrooms for boys and girls in school for granted. Indeed, with the trend toward gender-neutral and family bathrooms in a wider range of public places, it seems unthinkable that the most basic of divisions wouldn’t exist in something so ubiquitous as a school. However, girls …
Continue reading Separate Toilets in All Schools in India by Independence DayAfrikaans – Waar is die badkamer? Waar is die toilet?
Albanian – Ku është banjo?
Arabic – أين الحمام؟?
Armenian – Vortegh e bathrrom.
Asturian – U”l ban~u?
Azerbaijani – Bathrrom haradadır?
Basque – Non dago bathrrom du?
Bengali – Bātharuma kōthāẏa?
Bosnian – Gdje je TWC?
Breton – Pelec’h eman~ ar priveziou`?
Bulgarian – …
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Shuttles are equipped with vacuum toilets that work a little like a vacuum cleaner.
Water cannot be used in the weightless environment of space so, like wash basins, toilets on the space shuttle can’t use water. In a corner of the shuttle’s mid-deck there is a toilet for use by both men and women. Although …
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