Recycled Tip of the Day - If It’s Yellow . . .
Posted on August 28, 2008 by
Do you remember that rhyme from the drought during the 80’s? If it’s yellow let it mellow . . .
I’ll be delicate about this and spare you the rest of the rhyme. The point is, don’t flush when you don’t need to.
One flush of a toilet uses as much water as a person in a developing country uses all day. And remember, the water you’re flushing has been processed to be drinking water quality water. That’s a lot of energy going down the pipes.
To limit the water in every flush, give this a try.
Ha. I haven’t thought about that rhyme in a long time.
Another water saving idea… I collect my water from the shower and the kitchen sink (you can check out the 100% recyclable, collapsible bucket I use at http://www.azulconservationproducts.com). Among the more obvious uses for the water collected such as watering my indoor and outdoor plants, I also use the collected water for a flush. If you saved just one flush a day (1.6 gallons) that would total 570 gallons of water per year. And consider this in your next flush, the average person in the developing world uses 2.64 gallons of water a day.
wow! I hadn’t thought about collecting water for flushing! That’s awesome!