Project 100-Initial Research

100 TOILET WORDS AND FACTS

·      Plumbing fixture

·      Human extract

·      Toilet

·      Loo

·      Restroom

·      Lavatory

·      Bath tub

·      Sink

·      Shower

·      Dry toilet

·      Wet flush toilet

·      Blackwater

·      Out house

·      Latrines

·      Sewage system

·      John Harrington (creates first flush 1596)

·      English upper class(first users in early 19^th cent)

TYPES

·      Flush

·      Squat

·      Urinal

·      Wall hung urinal

·      Floor length urinal

·      Gutter type urinal

·      Female urinal

·      Toilet with built in bidet

·      Chemical toilet

·      Pit toilet

·      Composting toilet

·      Eco scan toilet

·      Incinerating toilet

·      Tree bog

·      Head

SLANG

·      WC

·      Jacks

·      House of office

·      Kazi

·      Bog

·      Dunny

·      Netty

·      Shithouse

·      John

·      Privy

·      Crapper

·      Vin

·      Latrine

·      http://www.toiletinspector.com/index.asp?pgid=166

PUBLIC TOILETS

·      Male

·      Female

·      30p

·      Half way through the 20^th cent there was a bill in forced that the price of a public toilet should be a penny. Hence the expression spends a penny.

·      Street furniture (toilets outside in public places.)

·      Pissoirs (French name) (toilets for men only that the user is visible from the back only)

·      Portable toilets

·      Instead of WC in the Philippians they use CR (comfort room)

·      Paper toilet seat covers, for flushing.

·      Disabled

·      Hold bars.

·      Unisex

·      Family toilets

·      Men often find difficult when looking after children as there are no baby changing in male toilets. as a result unisex toilets were created.

·      Transgender people have been arrested for using the wrong sex toilets.

·      Some universities have transgender specific toilets.

·      Individual marking sytem for public toilets:

·      Area cleanliness

·      Odour and smell

·      Running water

·      Hand wash

·      Hand dryer

·      Toilet paper

·      State of floor

·      State of toilet

·      There is also vacuum toilets like that on airplanes.

HI-TECH TOILETS

·      Biggest users are japan.

·      TOTO the people responsible for making them

·      Cost from $200-$5000

·      All commands are activated by remote control

·      Automatic flushing

·      Water jets(like bidet)

·      Also available hand held arse washer

·      Blow dryers to dry after jet use

·      Artificial flush sounds to mask human excretion noises

·      Urine and stool analysis for medical monitoring

·      Digital clock, stop watch

·      Heated seats

·      Deodorizing fans

·      Automatic toilet seat replacer

·      Electric toilet brush

·      A toilet that pays the users to use it has been created, as the excrement goes for composted to banana plantations in India, 12 us cent a month.

GREY WATER

·      In some areas with water shortage issues, some people have come up with an alternative approach. In order to conserve levels of potable water, some installations use grey water for toilets. Grey water is waste water produced from processes such as washing dishes, laundry and bathing.

HISTORY

·      Third millennium was the age of cleanliness

·      Several parts of the world had sewage systems in 2800 bc the Pakistanis had some of the most advanced systems in place.

·      Around the 18^th cent flushing toilets began aperain in Egypt etc.

·      Roman toilets were often part of public bath houses

FOR HIGH END TOILET DESING

·      http://vithouse.com/3-hitech-toilets-design-highend-technology-trends-lover/high-end-technology-bathroom-toilet-design/

·      http://www.trendir.com/archives/000949.html

·      http://www.ehow.com/how_7522986_unclog-kohler-toilet.html

·      http://toilets.guidestobuy.com/porcelain-bidet-contemporary-italian-design-new-9002

·      http://www.levaunt.com/toileting/

·      http://listsoplenty.com/pix/toilets-can-be-cool-a-pix-collection-of-unusual-toilets

·      http://curvebean.com/modern-high-end-toilets/2009/05/11/

·      one above very cool.

·      http://designerscouch.org/view-design/Handicap-Toilet-Sign-21186

INRESTING TOILET FACTS

·      An average person visits the toilet 2500 times a year. About 6-8 times a day. You spend about 3 years of your life in the toilet.

·      Poor toilet condition is a worldwide problem. More than half of the world population have no proper sanitation.

·      Suppression of urination due to dirty toilets can lead to kidney and bladder diseases. In order to avoid visting public toilets, Some people refrain from drinking and suffer dehydration.

·      The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper.

·      Female takes 3 times longer than male, yet both toilet sizes are often same.

·      There are toilet associations worldwide promoting toilet education and culture.

·      Chinese Emperors first felt the need for something to use to clean themselves and thus they ordered the first ever toilet paper in AD 1391. Each sheet of toilet tissue was then 2 feet by 3 feet.

·      In 1890, the Scott Paper Company manufactured toilet paper on a roll, much as we know it today.

·      Only seven percent of Afghanistan homes have flush toilets. Nineteen percent, however, have television sets

·      Every year, there are more than 40,000 toilet-related injuries in the US. The odds are 1 out of 10000 that you will get a toilet-related injury this year.

·      November 19 is world Toilet Day. Bet you can learn a lot of fun toilet facts on Toilet Day.

·      The most luxurious toilet in the world was made of pure gold. This 24 carat gold toilet existed in the Hall of Gold in Honk Kong. It was owned by the Hang Fung jewelers who had the toilet built as a marketing strategy to attract tourists from around the world. Unfortunately, the toilet might not be around for long due to changes in the Hang Fung jewelers’ operations. They have decided to melt the golden toilet in order to finance their expansion to Mainland China.

·      The average life expectancy of a toilet is 50 years

·      Falling off a toilet is the cause of death of King George II of Great Britain

·      Over $100,000 US dollars was spent to finance a study on determining whether people put their toilet rolls on the holder with its flap in front or behind. The result: 3 out of 4 individuals will have the flap in front.

·      The first toilet cubicle in a row is the least occupied and therefore the cleanest as well.

·      http://www.petalgroup.com/

HOW A TOILET WORKS

·      In 1775 Alexander Cummings made the first toilet which was made out of cast iron with a pull box attached.  Then in the mid-1800s came the ceramic toilet bowl which we are used to having in our homes today.

·      An estimated 2.6 billion people including 980 million children do not have access to basic sanitation.

·      World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a global non-profit organization committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. WTO is also one of the few organizations to focus on toilets instead of water, which receives more attention and resources under the common subject of sanitation. Founded in 2001 with 15 members, it now has 235 member organizations in 58 countries working towards eliminating the toilet taboo and delivering sustainable sanitation.

·      http://dccookie.blogspot.com/2006/07/toilet-statistics.html

·      http://encyclopedia.toiletpaperworld.com/surveys-stories/toilet-paper-statistics

LEADING MANUFACTURERS

·      American Standards company  

·      Arabia

·      Armitage shanks

·      Blue Earth Ceramics

·      Caroma

·      Claytan

·      Clivus Multrum

·      Crane

·      Duravit

·      Eljer

·      Evace

·      Gerber Plumbing fixtures

·      Geberit

·      HCG

·      Ido

·      Karat

·      Kohler company

·      Parryware

·      Toto

·      Twyfords

·      Victory

·      Villeroy and Boch

·      Dudley

INFO ON SEWAGE SYSTEM IN LONDON

·      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_sewerage_system

·      Tokyo sewage system

·      http://www.maximsnews.com/news20100106tokyosewerage11001060801.htm

TOILET PAPER FACTS

Approximately 5.8 million tons of tissue grades, consisting of toilet and facial tissue, paper napkins, towels, diapers, and various other sanitary products are produced in the U.S. annually.

By Recycling 1 ton of paper you save:

•    17 trees

•    6953 gallons of water

•    463 gallons of oil

•    587 pounds of air pollution

•    3.06 cubic yards of landfill space

•    4077 Kilowatt hours of energy

Across the food, drug and mass merchandiser outlets, bathroom tissue is ranked third among all non-food product categories. (Bathroom Tissue State of the Category) *Mass merchandisers, in particular, have aggressively promoted larger package sizes of leading premium brands to capture a share of the $4.1 billion bath tissue category. (Bathroom Tissue State of the Category)

•       The number of days a standard roll of bath tissue usually lasts in the most-used bathrooms in the house is five, according to Charmin customers.

•       On average, consumers use 8.6 sheets per trip - a total of 57 sheets per day. That's an annual total of 20,805 sheets. (Charmin)

How many consumer products will one cord of wood yield? <<

•       *1,000 pounds of toilet paper

>> Does using and producing recycled paper help save our natural resources? <<

•       In the early 1970s, an EPA study for Congress concluded that using one ton of 100% recycled paper saves 4,100 kwh of energy (enough to power the average home for six months) and 7,000 gallons of water. It also keeps more than 60 pounds of pollution out of the air and saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, which is increasingly important as many local landfills near their capacity. Paper industry representatives have actually estimated that one ton of recycled paper saves approximately 17 trees.

•       The forest and paper products industry generates $200 billion in sales annually, and is a chief exporter for the United States.

•       Paper manufacturing accounts for 28% of all of the trees that are cut down. More trees are planted every year than are chopped down. On an average, when a tree is harvested for making paper, five more are planted in its place.

•       There are more than 500 paper mills in the United States.

•       The standard size of a sheet of toilet paper is 4.5 inches by 4.5 inches. Starting in the late 1990s, some companies began making sheets that were a little smaller, typically around 4 inches by 4 inches.

•       A roll of toilet paper has 1,000 sheets if the toilet paper is one-play and 500 sheets if it's two-ply. A jumbo size roll of toilet paper like those used in public restrooms has around 2,000 sheets.

•       The leading manufacturer of toilet paper is Proctor & Gamble, followed by Kimberly Clark. Other top manufacturers include Georgia Pacific, Marcal and Fort James.

•       Nearly 6 million tons of toilet paper are produced every year in the United States. This includes all types of toilet tissues and paper products such as paper napkins and facial tissues.

•       CarrierBagShop.co.uk/PrintedTissue