{"id":427330,"date":"2010-03-14T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T21:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/nomix-toilet-accepted-in-european-project\/14502\/"},"modified":"2010-03-14T17:55:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T21:55:59","slug":"nomix-toilets-make-a-splash-in-european-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/427330","title":{"rendered":"NoMix toilets make a splash in European study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/nomix.JPG\" alt=\"A NoMix toilet, which separates liquid and solid waste (Photo: Judit Lienert)\"><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever considered the humble urinal, you might have noticed that it uses much less water than a toilet. It only makes sense &#8211; since they don&#8217;t receive any feces, urinals don&#8217;t need all the water necessary to carry such solid waste through to the sewer line. When you use a toilet and just urinate, however, you&#8217;re still flushing away just as much water as if you, uh, went &#8220;Number 2.&#8221; If you were using a NoMix toilet, however, the Number 1 and Number 2 would go separate places, with the flushes being needed for solid waste only. It&#8217;s a good enough idea that in a recent pilot project, users in seven European countries gave the device a thumbs &#8211; or should that be bottoms? &#8211; up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/environmentally-friendly\/\" rel=\"tag\">Environmentally-friendly<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/water+conservation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Water Conservation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/wee-target-toilet-training\/8562\/\">Wee Target zeros-in on toilet training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/waste-paper-in-toilet-paper-out\/14048\/\">Turn waste office paper into toilet paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/6012\/\">New toilet cuts water consumption by 84 percent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/evolute-near-waterless-toilet\/14335\/\">EVOLUTE &#8211; the near-waterless toilet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/hydrogen-fuel-from-urine\/12161\/\">Making cars a wee bit more efficient by turning urine into hydrogen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/drink-no-more-stops-pets-drinking-toilet-water\/13143\/\">Drink No More: stop your pets from drinking toilet water <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Zhc8iFP4_T7mhKjpvSNjPD1HpTU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Zhc8iFP4_T7mhKjpvSNjPD1HpTU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Zhc8iFP4_T7mhKjpvSNjPD1HpTU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Zhc8iFP4_T7mhKjpvSNjPD1HpTU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=xmHVdW_BhLU:kH_6fqfXUjk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=xmHVdW_BhLU:kH_6fqfXUjk:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=xmHVdW_BhLU:kH_6fqfXUjk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=xmHVdW_BhLU:kH_6fqfXUjk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=xmHVdW_BhLU:kH_6fqfXUjk:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=xmHVdW_BhLU:kH_6fqfXUjk:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=xmHVdW_BhLU:kH_6fqfXUjk:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/xmHVdW_BhLU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever considered the humble urinal, you might have noticed that it uses much less water than a toilet. 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