DIY for greenies!

DIY green tip #2

Did you know? The amount of water needed to flush down your solid waste is actually around 75-80% of the full flush. And for the liquid waste, its even lesser.

What to do if your home doesn't have a half-flush toilet bowl? For the really motivated a few scoops of used washing machine water will do the trick. But of course how many of us would actually go to such lengths to save water? Plus the solids probably require a whole pail.

For those who would really like the convenience of pressing a button, here's a DIY thing you can do.

Zng my Toilet Bowl

You'll need: A couple of small 250ml water bottles. Depending on the size of your cistern, you might want to try even smaller containers (Chicken essence bottles, hair gel containers etc)

1) Fill the bottles with water.

2) Open up the top of the cistern and throw them in. Try to arrange them neatly.

3) 3 - 5 bottles should be enough. If you're worried about the... stuff not going down when u flush, keep it at 4

4) Assuming a full tank of 8-9 litres, you'll be saving around 0.75 to 1.25 L of water per flush! Which is around 10-20%.

5) Test it out. If your... erm... stuff doesn't go down, reduce by 1 bottle. If it goes down nicely, you might want to raise that bar and throw in another bottle.

Rationale:

Since the cistern operates via displacement, once you throw the filled bottles in, the capacity of the cistern is reduced by that amount. Simple!

Plus you get to recycle those bottles! And save on the utilities bill!

Man, PUB should really hire me.

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