Toilet paper, bin or flush ?

[gus-lopez]

Using paper to clean themselves is seen as a dirty habit

Yes they use the right hand & is why the tap is left running to wash with all the time

Now I hope this isn't going to come as racist, but I always thought they did the toilet bit with one hand and eat with the other.

 

[L' Hobo]

Yes they use the right hand & is why the tap is left running to wash with all the time

Doesn't that waste a lot of water in, some areas, where water is badly needed?

 

[Tony50]

Must be just parts of Spain then?

I was in Lloret de Mar a few weeks back and it was OK to flush paper

We were in Lloret de Mar in 1970 ! 2 weeks holiday,full board, flights,transfers, £39 per person,that's where I got fed up of Salad!!
Went there again in Motorhome and found it had gone seedy.

 

[Barriesimpson]

I have said this in another thread, but I will repeat it for the benefit of those who may not have read it. We use the toilet as a toilet, all the turds and urine, and the paper used goes into the cassette. We are not about to start collecting it in bags.

Wet wipes or sanitary towels etc. do not go in the toilet, not in the van, at home or a hotel toilet either - that's common knowledge I believe?

Most parts of Spain these days have toilets that can be used as toilets, especially here in the Canary Islands.

Well that's my two cents worth (I bet that saying will ruffle some feathers - that one too )

 

[Jofang]

New & recent built houses & apartments in China have toilets that feature a warm water spray and warm air to dry your bum after use. No paper required.

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[chaser]

New & recent built houses & apartments in China have toilets that feature a warm water spray and warm air to dry your bum after use. No paper required.

How do you know what it has done though?

 

[gus-lopez]

Doesn't that waste a lot of water in, some areas, where water is badly needed?

probably ,but I know they leave the tap running

 

[Jofang]

How do you know what it has done though?

Don't know, but will tell you when we return home after summer visit. Hope its a spray & not a jet wash

 

[Barriesimpson]

New & recent built houses & apartments in China have toilets that feature a warm water spray and warm air to dry your bum after use. No paper required.

Try fitting that in your moho.......

 

[chaser]

probably ,but I know they leave the tap running

Perhaps it's the same water going round.

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[Barriesimpson]

How do you know what it has done though?

With a mirror.

 

[RobbyMClark]

We just use flannels wash them once a day when doing the dishes hang out to dry then repeat the next day saving a "load" of space.

Wiping your butt then washing flannel with the dishes

That is very fastidious of you , we only wash ours once a week!

But what are you wiping though.

Don't venture onto the Greek islands then.
Every toilet has a bin as their sewage system can't cope with paper, and strangely, it doesn't smell no matter how warm the weather.

Okay until you go to a busy bar and the bins been overflowing for a few hrs.

IZAL greaseproof toilet paper , designed for the Klingons , clearly a device of torture and degradation and against human rights . my schools in the 60s had it whoever invented it must clearly now be suffering an eternity in hell

Great with a comb and using to play a tune, good vibes.

 

[Morning Major]

I would just get someone to inspect it carefully.

With a mirror.

I would just get someone to inspect it carefully.

 

[Jofang]

I suppose that with a warm water spray and warm air to dry the next thing would be a built in camera.

 

[L' Hobo]

Perhaps it's the same water going round.

I wondered that then decided that it would need a complicated or large filtration system or be contaminated?

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[Jerrywh]

My daughter lived in Qatar. Every loo there comes with a hose that you are supposed to use instead of/as well as paper ..
I dare say some of us have issues with certain arabic behaviours, but at least they will have clean bottoms, if Qatar is anything to go by ..

 

[Molly A]

off topic slightly.

My Family and their in-laws stayed in a big villa in Portugal a couple of years back.

The villa owners insisted they dont flush anything other than human waste down the toilets, due to the septic tank.

The owners provided bins and came to empty them all every day, very intrusive if you ask me.

Here in Spain, I couldn't tell the guests to do that. So we just get the tank emptied every 4-5 years.

Maybe stay in the UK?.

 

[Stonemags76]

I worked on an elderly care ward that had a state of the art toilet that washed & dried (to save lifting to standing). Unfortunately most of the patients had dementia, so even though we explained what was going to happen every time, I think it was quite a shock!

 

[Clive Mott]

Flush

 

[Simon G]

My experience is emptying cassette is more difficult if paper is present. On the boat we had a 'if it didn't go in your mouth, it doesn't go in the loo' rule to preserve the macerator pump, so same is applied in the van to make emptying & cleaning the cassette easier. Bag by the loo for paper, emptied daily...

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[Molly A]

In our van I flush the toilet paper, it normally dissolves very quickly and I have never had a clog up when emptying. I empty our cassette every couple of days in the Greek boatyard where we keep out boat, as do other yachty mohomers, with no issues from the boatyard . On our boat we always bag up paper as we do discharge the tank into the sea, normally eight or so miles offshore as per the regulations, and I wouldn't feel right about toilet paper floating around. The fish tend to eat any solids which get discharged. We used scented nappy sacks and a cunningly designed sack holder which prevents any odours escaping. We then tie up the bag and put it in the huge communal waste bins when ashore, with the rest of our rubbish. Trying to unblock an 80 litre holding tank is no laughing matter, I can personally assure you!
( Mind you, I am the one who always has to unblock our septic tank feeder pipes if we get any nasty surprises, it is a talent!)

 

[Dolmen]

New & recent built houses & apartments in China have toilets that feature a warm water spray and warm air to dry your bum after use. No paper required.

Well they have come a long way, when I used to visit our factory out in Heilongjiang (Northern Chinese Provence) the male cubicles had no separation, just lined up against the wall, every one squatting next to each other spitting onto the floor as they dumped their black waste.

 

[Krumpli]

After visiting the Peloponnese over several years we learnt that the sewer pipes are narrow. To avoid problems every house and hostelry we visited had signs of some sort telling you not to put anything unnatural down the bog. Our good friends in that area pour hydrochloric acid (concentrated) down the toilet once a month to clear any blockages and get rid of lime scale. The acid is available in all supermarkets in plain brown plastic bottles usually on the bottom shelf. Greek children know not to drink acid and therefore do not need signs!

 

[Emmit]

Mrs Emmit got really annoyed with me after a fortnight in Corfu in the 80's.

I'd got that used to throwing the paper in the bin that I continued the exercise when I got home.
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Straight into the laundry basket!!!

 

[Northernraider]

I bag all loo paper in a dog poo bag and it goes to the dog waste bin the same day when walking my mutt. Suits me and I do find the cassette is easier/quicker to empty.

Put the poo in the dog poo bag too and you'll find it even easier to empty the cassette lol

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[InvictaMoto]

Really - we owned a villa in Murcia Spain and everything went down the pan

We lived in an apartment in Murcia. Maybe the city drains are better as we used the bogs and never separated stuff before flushing. Then again we didn't use wipes or that wet bog roll.

We have a friend that still lives in the city in an apartment overlooking the river. I'll ask him about the bog situation....

 

[Northernraider]

That’s a bit naughty.

Now if they put that pipe into the waste water tank it would be a good idea

Nah it wouldn't you'd get the smell coming up your drains and a waste tank full off calcium deposits

 

[Northernraider]

You made me laugh, reminded me of my other half who immediately takes a sip out of their glass when it has ice in it. Their theory is the liquid shall overflow as the ice melts. Now remember, this is someone who holds more degrees than a thermometer, well not quite but does have the title Professor, it’s worrying

That's because she's been listening to climate experts who say if icebergs melt half the world will be under water

 

[InvictaMoto]

We were in Lloret de Mar in 1970 ! 2 weeks holiday,full board, flights,transfers, £39 per person,that's where I got fed up of Salad!!
Went there again in Motorhome and found it had gone seedy.

You were done. We went in 1971 with "Apal - See Spain" for £32! Then again we earned about £10 a week!!!

 

[Jenka]

When we had a cassette system we did stretch out our off grid time by peeing into bottles, however bagging the toilet paper is a step too far, in my opinion. However each to there own.

I hope they were Lucozade bottles !

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