Airports Had to Deal With Over 2B Litres of Airplane Toilet Waste in 2019

Post by brnt » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 9:48 AM UTC

l1tany11 wrote: post #58

brnt wrote: post #57

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> parenthetical note, sometimes I wonder if a vacuum toilet would become available for home use, it's so effective I've heard it said that plumbing issues dramatically increase with modern, water-efficient toilets. It's not hard to imagine why. Sewer usage and maintenance are at a far lower rate, so stool will settle and clog when ever smaller amounts of water are introduced. I'm not sure this problem can be solved,…

A lot of problems are also due to old systems. Ask any plumber. The plastic pipes are smooth inside. Old pipes weren’t only rough, they degrade. Cast iron sloughs off into itself. There was a kind of pipe that was used that was basically tar paper; it broke down and clogged itself (like cast iron). A new building with new toilets should work very well. Replacing your toilet may not help if your pipes from the 60s are…

Post by GekkePrutser » Tue, Jan 04, 2022, 10:33 AM UTC

noodlesUK wrote: post #36

ravenstine wrote: post #25

I haven't had to take a dump on an airplane in years. My rule is to eat and drink as little as possible before a flight, ideally not eating at all. If I do eat, hopefully it's high protein and low in fiber. As a result I usually don't need to use the lavatory, which is nice because it has made me much less apprehensive about getting a window seat. I wish more people had this mindset. On so many flights I've had, seem…

I get this for short haul flights, but I can’t imagine not having to pee over the course of a >12h flight…