Tuesday, November 17, 2009















At first glance this might seem pretty ridiculous. The thought of washing and a toilet don't go hand in hand. The green movement however has caught on. This toilet made by Caroma (http://caroma.com/) is one of the first designed toilets this way. There are attachments that are plastic that allow you to hook up a faucet to your existing toilet but Caroma is taking a greater design approach. According to Caroma this toilet can save a family of four around 30,000 gallons of water per year. How much water is that exactly? Well enough to fill most above ground pools. By now you may be asking yourself how does it work? Fresh water is used first for washing your hands and then flows into the cistern which is used to flush the toilet. Why would you flush your toilet with water that is able to drink or wash yourself with? The concept might be hard to accept but, this is the future. Design has to take on a new edge than before, companies cannot simply make a product look good, they also have to make it functional for the present and the future. The global movement towards greener communities is here and Caroma has a toilet for it.

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