if its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down

[reducingfootprint]

I wfh and drink lots of water so use the bathroom a lot, i am conscious about how much water i'd use by flushing the toilet multiple times a day.

So would it be awful to not flush after every wee?

If it's just me and DS then I don't flush every time.

I make my DH flush though, his piss fucking stinks. If he's been up in the night and not flushed then the whole upstairs stinks of stale urine and it's vile.

It's revolting not to flush each time.

Nah, whats revolting is that 3rd world countries have no safe drinking water and here in the uk we flush gallons and gallons of water a day for no real reason.

Agree @Shaniac

Imagine telling someone who had no access to clean drinking water that we have so water we shit in it.

I'm firmly in the mellow yellow camp. Also, I'm very tight and on a water meter.

Perfectly reasonable, why waste water.

" I would keep a bucket of water near the toilet to pour down it."

I've tried this with old bath water and the water just goes everywhere.

Yellow and mellow here. The revolting comment was classic MN

@shaniac very much agree!

@Floralnomad

We don’t flush during the night for wees and dh gets up multiple times some nights but I always drop a bleach tablet into the loo before I go to bed as a compromise .

Well yes, I'm sure that's much better for the environment ..

How does not flushing help tackle water shortages in Africa? Unless you actually can’t afford your water bill, what’s the benefit in not flushing?

@Floralnomad

We don’t flush during the night for wees and dh gets up multiple times some nights but I always drop a bleach tablet into the loo before I go to bed as a compromise .

That is so awful!

Mellow yellow here

Disgusting, just flush

@Summerfreeze

How does not flushing help tackle water shortages in Africa? Unless you actually can’t afford your water bill, what’s the benefit in not flushing?

@Summerfreeze because 97% of water on earth is salt water, which is not suitable for drinking.

That means 3% of water on Earth is fresh water, and only 0.5% is available for drinking – the rest is locked in ice caps and glaciers or under the surface of the earth.

So since population rates are growing and we only have a tiny percentage of all the water on Earth fit for consumption, it's helpful if we try and conserve it.

Not for the benefit of your water bill, but for everyone - yes, including people suffering droughts in Africa.

Now - leaving a wee to mellow overnight isn't going to do this on its own, obviously. But at least being aware of it and trying to reduce water consumption is something.

[[https://www.thersa.org/blog/2013/05/flushing-the-toilet-on-water-wastage]]

Flush a toilet creates gallons of water waste. Water waste is a world wide issue. There is only so much water on earth can be safely used to sustain life.