ian flemming 231 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I've been thinking about this for awhile. so your average newish toilet per flush uses 2gallons. so if your normal adult uses the toilet 6 times a day they are using around 12 gallons a day. If I cloth diapers I change 3 times a day. My washing machine is one of those water saving kind and only uses 3 gallons a wash. In that one load I can put in 6 cloth diapers. So my average use of water for my waste would be around 1.5 gallons a day. I hang dry my diapers so no additional power is used. my question then is it more environmentally friendly to wear diapers then to use the toilet. thiughts? facade and Kyuu 1 1 Quote Link to comment
tennyson 465 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Interesting question ... um, where does the waste go? In the washer? (or am I overthinking this and being stupid). I had a housemate who would sometimes) go to the laundrymat; load the washer; slip aside her panties; and pee into the bucket before starting the wash. I bet her $20 she was making it up. She wasn't. She did it late on a crowded Friday night. No one said anything or noticed. (OK, to be fair, I wasn't looking to see if anyone else was watching, I was transfixed.) desperation(); 1 Quote Link to comment
ian flemming 231 Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 In general solid waste would be scooped in to the toilet. So you would still have to count for a flush. It would be fun to see if I'm right that cloth diapers are more environmentally friendly . I can just imagine some , über "green" person using this method to stay as environmentally friendly as possible . Or more specifically as a manner for limiting water consumption . Quote Link to comment
HPattern 192 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Well, if you're saving water, then yes, you're shrinking your footprint, and conserving your cities freshwater for the future. The only other consideration is electricity. Your footprint there depends on how your electricity is generated, how your city water and sewer plant's electricity is generated, and if your washer uses more or less KWh to do one cycle than your city would use to pump and treat the additional water used by the toilet over the washer... Quote Link to comment
Flower 127 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 If you are that fussy you could just not flush each time you go. Maybe just after poop Quote Link to comment
Kyuu 6,097 Posted November 10, 2016 👑 Administrator Share Posted November 10, 2016 Diapers are actually notoriously bad for the environment. This is a well known fact. Google Scholar </discussion> Quote Link to comment
facade 1,947 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown it goes down. vader777 1 Quote Link to comment
ian flemming 231 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Flower, it's not so much that I'm fussy. i just find the whole thing to be a fun mental excersize . personaly I use disposables about 90% of the time so the environmental impact is pretty big in comparison. Quote Link to comment
ian flemming 231 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Kiritio, reading that study the environmental impact is taken with the use of a dryer, it was my thought to line dry. But either way good job on finding the study . Quote Link to comment
wetchoirpants 56 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Peeing outside or the sink is even more by environmentally friendly Quote Link to comment
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