{"id":226,"date":"2008-03-25T13:50:46","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T12:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howethical.com\/uncategorized\/are-they-taking-the\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T13:50:46","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T12:50:46","slug":"are-they-taking-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/are-they-taking-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Are they taking the&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, actually, they&#8217;re not. Sevin Coskun&#8217;s entry to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2007\/12\/greener_gadgets.php\">Treehugger&#8217;s Greener Gadgets Design Competition<\/a> is remarkable in both it&#8217;s simplicity, fuctionality and message, but you have to wonder what would motivate someone to install a washing machine in their bathroom&#8230; or a toilet in their kitchen.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howethical.com\/img\/washer_toilet.jpg\" alt=\"Washer Toilet\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Washup combines a washing machine with a toilet, with the grey water from the machine repurposed for flushing the loo. As the average toilet uses 8 litres of water per flush, and most people use the toilet an average of 35 times per week (according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uswitch.com\/Water\/How-Much-Water-Use.html\">USwitch<\/a>), the water savings potential is huge.<\/p>\n<p>Here at How Ethical! we can&#8217;t help but think it&#8217;s all a little impractical, and can&#8217;t see many people going out of their way to have this fitted, but the promotion of grey water reuse is commendable, and with a few design tweaks (like plumbing the components into different rooms!) this could be a winner! [via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/\">Treehugger<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, actually, they&#8217;re not. 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