The Toilet Dilemma
- Q: What do you with a drunken sailor?
- A: Shave his belly with a rusty razor.
- Q: What do you do with a old white toilet?
- A: I have no clue...
I'm trying my best to be as green as possible while remodeling my house. I have used as much salvage goods as possible. I'm on a first name basis with the guys at Construction Junction and try to be the Mayor of the recycling dumpster.
However, what do I do with an old toilet?
Yes, I can donate it for reuse but then I'm encouraging someone to use too much water every time they make sissy. The toilet in question used 3.5 gallons per flush. That's 2 gallons more then the federaly mandated standard. I'm not the math wiz (pun intended) but that's a lot of water being wasted.
What to do? I did extensive rearch for options. I came up empty handed.
- I can't break it up to use for flower pot drainage but poo contamination is bad! I don't need Dateline NBC to be in my backyard with a cotton swab.
- While fashion forward, I couldn't make it work as a head piece.
- The only viable option seems to be turning it into a lovely flowerpot but my nebby neighbors might object.
So what did I do? I took it to Construction Junction to be reused. The donation attendant said that they were thinking about no longer accepting high flush toilets. Oh Crap! However, for now, I accepted the tax donation receipt and left my trouble maker behind. Now to deal with the two other water buffalos in my house!
- Jimmy
PS. What would you do with an old toilet? I'd love to hear your suggestions.