Anyone stopped dumping toilet paper into the toilet bowl??

[Skoda29]

Some idiot will purposely throw lots of toilet paper in public toilet to make people flush then flood the place

With the lid closed some more.

 

[kodomo80]

hmmm, then stick on the wall?

 

[Skoda29]

Every few days must pour laundry water into toilet bowl to clear the system otherwise occasionally can see sai back flow.Even scrubbing the bowl can suddenly see sai back flow.

 

[Mecisteus]

Use little paper only.
But I see the paper still there.
Sometimes when I enter the toilet, also see paper there already . But water looks clean

You either scoop, flush again or leave it.

I just leave it.

Usually big or small flush once.

 

[wanderandwondered]

Only in overseas la. I think for countries like jpn or tw, their system cannot handle big load of toilet paper

In Taiwan, many still pooh-pooh idea of flushing soiled toilet paper despite government campaign

TAIPEI – For most of his life, 37-year-old Vincent Tseng would chuck soiled toilet paper into a bin instead of flushing it away, whether he was using the toilet at home or in public places.

“My parents and teachers always said that flushing toilet paper would clog the pipes. I didn’t want to become known as the student who clogged up the school toilet, so I always threw toilet paper into the bins,” said Mr Tseng, who owns a phone accessories shop.

He took to toilet flushing only a few years ago, after seeing a 2017 government campaign that encouraged the public to do so.
But old toilet habits die hard for most in Taiwan despite government efforts to get people to clean up their act.

In 2019, the Ministry of Environment set aside NT$3.24 billion (S$137 million) for a six-year plan to upgrade public toilets across Taiwan. As at 2022, at least 2,958 facilities have been upgraded so that they would be able to take the strain of users flushing down toilet paper, it said.

However, according to a July 2023 survey by the ministry, more than half of Taiwanese – some 55 per cent – still dispose of their toilet paper in rubbish bins, with many citing concerns over sewerage systems getting choked.

The ministry told The Straits Times that it will continue to raise public awareness about the issue of flushing, and help local governments to upgrade public toilets and improve drainage and sewerage systems.

Besides creating an unpleasant toilet experience for others, experts say that smelly bins stuffed with sullied toilet paper are a breeding ground for bacteria, pests and diseases.

In an informational fact sheet, the ministry said that flushing toilet paper reduces the spread of cholera, typhoid and dysentery, among other diseases, and prevents the breeding of mosquitoes and flies.

Environmental cleanliness and public health are indicators of national progress,” the ministry said, stressing its push to get people to kick the habit of targeting the bins instead of the porcelain.

It will take years before people change their toilet habits, said Professor Jeffrey Lee from the National Taichung University of Science and Technology, who has done extensive research on the design of Taiwan’s public toilets.

“For a long time, the majority of Taiwanese households relied on septic tanks, which would overflow if they were not pumped regularly,” he told ST. These tanks are typically located beneath homes and not linked to a sewerage system. In the 1950s, sewage was not treated in some areas and would flow into rivers, he added.

“So people would always say, ‘Don’t throw paper down the toilet bowl, or everything will be clogged’. Parents would teach that to their children, and their children would grow up teaching that to the next generation,” he said.

Since the 2000s, most homes, at least in the more developed cities in Taiwan, are connected to a central sewerage system, and people in these homes can flush freely.

The government’s campaign to encourage people to use the flush in toilets still has some way to go, mainly because Taiwan’s toilets are still a mixed bag.

For example, Prof Lee said that even today, many households outside of capital city Taipei have yet to be connected to the main sewerage system, which could lead to clogging issues if septic tanks are not pumped in time.

According to government statistics, around eight in 10 households in Taipei in 2022 were linked to the main sewerage network, but that was the case for only 26 per cent of households in the southern city of Tainan.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/e...iled-toilet-paper-despite-government-campaign

 

[wanderandwondered]

Fun fact...

German toilets have a distinctive "poop shelf," a porcelain platform where feces land before flushing, which serves multiple purposes: it prevents splashback during defecation, helps conserve water by using a shallower water level, and allows for easy visual inspection of stools for health reasons.

While many new German toilets still have this feature, modern designs are also adapting to other global standards.


Reasons for the German toilet shelf
No splashback:
The shelf prevents waste from splashing onto the toilet seat, a common issue in toilets with deeper water bowls.

Water conservation:
The design uses less water than traditional toilets, as a full bowl of water is not needed for the waste to fall into.

Health inspection:
The shelf allows users to easily inspect their stool for signs of illness, such as parasites or other digestive issues.

Historical context:
The design may also have roots in historical hygiene practices, where checking stool for parasites was more common.

 

[Mystyque]

Fun fact...

German toilets have a distinctive "poop shelf," a porcelain platform where feces land before flushing, which serves multiple purposes: it prevents splashback during defecation, helps conserve water by using a shallower water level, and allows for easy visual inspection of stools for health reasons.

While many new German toilets still have this feature, modern designs are also adapting to other global standards.


Reasons for the German toilet shelf
No splashback:
The shelf prevents waste from splashing onto the toilet seat, a common issue in toilets with deeper water bowls.

Water conservation:
The design uses less water than traditional toilets, as a full bowl of water is not needed for the waste to fall into.

Health inspection:
The shelf allows users to easily inspect their stool for signs of illness, such as parasites or other digestive issues.

Historical context:
The design may also have roots in historical hygiene practices, where checking stool for parasites was more common.

Google says this is outdated design that is not unique to Germany and no longer common. Personally, I've never encountered one in numerous visits to Germany whether in hotels. road side rest stops, malls or people's houses.

Without gravity as a tidying aid, the poo shelf requires a wild torrent flush to sweep away your excrement. While the flush is powerful, it is seldom enough to leave a bowl squeaky clean. This is the moment you learn the word “Bremsstreifen” (skid marks).

Another aspect that first-time users of the Flachspüler can find challenging is being faced with their own offensive odours. Between deposit and flushing, the Flachspüler leaves your droppings exposed to the air, unlike the toilet design en vogue today, which is designed to encourage your waste into the toilet water immediately and spare you from whatever awful smells it brings with it. Indeed, these two drawbacks are probably the main reasons the poop shelf toilet has fallen out of grace in modern-day Europe.

 

[Duapui-ti]

Then where do you dispose your tissue ?

Your sai too big? Unless you in Thailand our drain no issues lah. Anyway I now use bidet then tissue to dry

 

[HMAN]

Singapore sewage piping design with short slanted horizontal piping to a main pipe is using gravity to create big vacuum/suction force to pull all waste down. There is only single toilet per floor connected to the main vertical pipe.

Compared to Hong Kong/China/Taiwan -old design, their sewage system is per floor, multiple toilets are connected to a single common large pipe, due to long horizontal piping, the vacuum pressure generated is very low and not suitable to flush together with paper.

Malaysia johore, danga bay country garden/碧貴園 with China developer brought in the China shitty sewage system there, as a result, it tends to choke when the locals are flushing the toilet with the same old habits. That zone stints quite badly.

Singapore BCA has strict guidelines on this, we are safe.

 

[champion09]

Due to clogging sometimes

cannot stop sh!tting because of that ler. go other toilet lor

 

[Shion]

dont think sg ones easily will be clogged

the pipes so big...