Comments on: The Three Fundamental Flaws Of The Modern Toilet http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html The Guide To Efficient Living Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: anonymous http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-145671 anonymous Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:42:15 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-145671 it works just fine with the pants to your ankles. it works just fine with the pants to your ankles.

]]> By: LC http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-129177 LC Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:46:20 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-129177 I am new to the practice of squatting. After considering the option of feet firmly on the floor or precariously balancing on the toilet seat, I thought about a solution that doesn't tear up my bathroom prior to putting the house on the market and believe that a small bed pan on the floor would be a good solution, kind of like an adult potty, which, even though I can claim some great benefits of continuing to squat, why do I feel like I am an adult that has gone potty?! Now I need to find out how to make a small, foldaway one that I can take when I travel.... Hmmm... Where did I put that Origami book? I am new to the practice of squatting. After considering the option of feet firmly on the floor or precariously balancing on the toilet seat, I thought about a solution that doesn’t tear up my bathroom prior to putting the house on the market and believe that a small bed pan on the floor would be a good solution, kind of like an adult potty, which, even though I can claim some great benefits of continuing to squat, why do I feel like I am an adult that has gone potty?! Now I need to find out how to make a small, foldaway one that I can take when I travel…. Hmmm… Where did I put that Origami book?

]]> By: Al http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-98582 Al Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:56:55 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-98582 i live in Mindanao island of Philippines. The native people here, after THOUSANDS OF YEARS of cleaning their bottoms with poorly aimed splashed water and a left hand, are slowly getting into the t.paper habit. IT IS MORE SANITARY to start the job with paper. You wouldn't dream of cleaning your teeth without a brush! One needs to move on to a second stage of wet wipes. In fact, I myself use a third stage of wiping with 40% alchohol-wetted paper. The ancients didn't avoid paper because it's cleaner. They avoided it because they were too dirt poor to HAVE paper, much less properly made absorbant paper. Living and working (Do you think the natives can export cacao by themselves?!?) in the Third World as I do, i'm quite tired of hearing people in Bezerkely or wherever, talk about how lovely tribal life is. It is nasty, short, and brutish. i live in Mindanao island of Philippines. The native people here, after THOUSANDS OF YEARS of cleaning their bottoms with poorly aimed splashed water and a left hand, are slowly getting into the t.paper habit. IT IS MORE SANITARY to start the job with paper. You wouldn’t dream of cleaning your teeth without a brush! One needs to move on to a second stage of wet wipes. In fact, I myself use a third stage of wiping with 40% alchohol-wetted paper.

The ancients didn’t avoid paper because it’s cleaner. They avoided it because they were too dirt poor to HAVE paper, much less properly made absorbant paper.

Living and working (Do you think the natives can export cacao by themselves?!?) in the Third World as I do, i’m quite tired of hearing people in Bezerkely or wherever, talk about how lovely tribal life is. It is nasty, short, and brutish.

]]> By: EA http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-96970 EA Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:19:31 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-96970 So is it also unsanitary to "hose your body down" in the shower? So is it also unsanitary to “hose your body down” in the shower?

]]> By: Embriette http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-96969 Embriette Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:17:56 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-96969 And yeast infections can be caused by an imbalance in the bacterial community normally residing inside the vagina. Hence hot tub = bad bacteria = imbalance = yeast infection/bacterial vaginosis. And yeast infections can be caused by an imbalance in the bacterial community normally residing inside the vagina.
Hence hot tub = bad bacteria = imbalance = yeast infection/bacterial vaginosis.

]]> By: Embriette http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-96968 Embriette Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:15:40 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-96968 She probably actually got the yeast infection from the spa itself, and by that I mean hot tub, if she sat in one. Hot tubs are really unhealthy places to be, and contrary to what people think, they do harbor a lot of bacteria. I study Bacteriology and this is one of the things we've discussed in a bit of detail. She probably actually got the yeast infection from the spa itself, and by that I mean hot tub, if she sat in one. Hot tubs are really unhealthy places to be, and contrary to what people think, they do harbor a lot of bacteria.
I study Bacteriology and this is one of the things we’ve discussed in a bit of detail.

]]> By: Tony Edwards http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-94432 Tony Edwards Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:15:32 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-94432 You can economicaly create a dry toilet useing a dustbin shaped laundry basket (underseal the vented lid) in which is kept a plastic container with a lid(nappy bucket will do)..I use a coal bucket,stronger, this sits on top of dry sawdust used to cover your offerings . The 'nappy bucket' will fit inside the conventional toilet pan,user squatting on the rim . The free sawdust I use is walnut all the sawmill is offering at present! ...they usually have oak ...the walnut smells more aromatic. The full bucket is emptied into the compost bins in the garden, layered with cuttings /weeds...no smell...enormous earthworm population results. I have been useing this system for years,the bathroom and garden is free from unpleasant smells.I guess pine sawdust would be the best for compost making,though my garden and green roofs are thriveing on my hardwood based system. You can economicaly create a dry toilet useing a dustbin shaped laundry basket (underseal the vented lid) in which is kept a plastic container with a lid(nappy bucket will do)..I use a coal bucket,stronger, this sits on top of dry sawdust used to cover your offerings . The ‘nappy bucket’ will fit inside the conventional toilet pan,user squatting on the rim . The free sawdust I use is walnut all the sawmill is offering at present! …they usually have oak …the walnut smells more aromatic. The full bucket is emptied into the compost bins in the garden, layered with cuttings /weeds…no smell…enormous earthworm population results. I have been useing this system for years,the bathroom and garden is free from unpleasant smells.I guess pine sawdust would be the best for compost making,though my garden and green roofs are thriveing on my hardwood based system.

]]> By: Bidet Toilet Seat http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-88421 Bidet Toilet Seat Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:07:03 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-88421 Squat toilets are the norm in many countries still. Once you try it, you'll understand why it's a more efficient method of pooping. Squat toilets are the norm in many countries still. Once you try it, you’ll understand why it’s a more efficient method of pooping.

]]> By: Les http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-64282 Les Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:44:04 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-64282 I agree; water is far better for cleaning than paper, and a much more responsible choice for the environment. Squat toilets are great too - if you are still flexible enough to use them. But composting toilets? Too much pee makes them stink - let alone any extra water used for washing the freckle! I get disgusted whenever I walk into a shopping center in Australia that has opted for latest "waterless urinals" in their toilet blocks. You will get prior warning of this due to the pungent urine odor the minute you open the toilet block door. Ah, the environmental irony - bidets or composting toilets; but you cannot have both! Let's get this in perspective: what <strong>would </strong>you do with the compost produced by the 10 million odd composting toilets of a major city? Sewage systems were invented by the Roman civilization long ago for very good reason; they are simply the most efficient means of disposing of large amounts of human waste wherever water is readily available. And really; what would you be doing building a major city where there isn't an adequate water supply anyhow? I agree; water is far better for cleaning than paper, and a much more responsible choice for the environment.
Squat toilets are great too – if you are still flexible enough to use them.
But composting toilets?
Too much pee makes them stink – let alone any extra water used for washing the freckle!
I get disgusted whenever I walk into a shopping center in Australia that has opted for latest “waterless urinals” in their toilet blocks. You will get prior warning of this due to the pungent urine odor the minute you open the toilet block door.
Ah, the environmental irony – bidets or composting toilets; but you cannot have both!
Let’s get this in perspective: what would you do with the compost produced by the 10 million odd composting toilets of a major city?
Sewage systems were invented by the Roman civilization long ago for very good reason; they are simply the most efficient means of disposing of large amounts of human waste wherever water is readily available.
And really; what would you be doing building a major city where there isn’t an adequate water supply anyhow?

]]> By: Chris Chambers http://www.metaefficient.com/bathroom-products/squat-toilets-composting-toilets-bidets.html/comment-page-1#comment-47835 Chris Chambers Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:14:31 +0000 http://www.metaefficient.com/?p=2371#comment-47835 Our dual flush toilets http:www.macustrade.com. Can save the average household up to 4,000 gallons of water per year. Our dual flush toilets http:www.macustrade.com. Can save the average household up to 4,000 gallons of water per year.

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