Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research

Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by Amygaz on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @08:05AM (#18398820)

Your city dweller’s habits compel you to throw fat and oil down the drain. These need very high temperature to compost. But then you are also throwing chlorine and ammonia based cleaning agents, which greatly inhibits organic life.

If you let the fat and oil solidify at room temp and dispose of them in the trash, and if you use regular soap in the recommended amount, and if you septic tank additive once in a while, you will be tearing the problem at the source, and will only need to take care of the tank when it’s time to replace it in 40 years.

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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by jjeaff on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @02:10PM (#18401394)

This is why you see a jar full of bacon fat and the like in lots of rural homes. They aren't saving it to cook with, they are collecting it to throw out with the trash instead of sludging up the drain and septic system. People are much more careful about what they flush down the drain when they know they will be responsible to fix it if they cause issues.

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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by jjeaff on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:57AM (#18407687)

For the apocalyptic end results of lots of city dwellers flushing non-biodegradables down the drain, Google "fatberg" - only if you have a strong stomach.

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