No-Water Urinals
Series: Your Choice; Your Planet series
From: The Environment Report
Length: 00:04:16
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Taking us into the mens' room, this piece takes a peek at the no-flush, waterless urinals that are showing up in universities, stadiums, and airports. Sure, they save water, but if the urine is not flushed down the drain, how bad is the smell?
A little ecology, economics, science and humor are mingled together in this new approach to saving water in the mens' room.
This piece was first offered to Great Lakes Radio Consortium stations in October. There are no dated references.
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Piece Description
Taking us into the mens' room, this piece takes a peek at the no-flush, waterless urinals that are showing up in universities, stadiums, and airports. Sure, they save water, but if the urine is not flushed down the drain, how bad is the smell? A little ecology, economics, science and humor are mingled together in this new approach to saving water in the mens' room. This piece was first offered to Great Lakes Radio Consortium stations in October. There are no dated references.
Broadcast History
This piece was offered to Great Lakes Radio Consortium stations in October, 2004.
Transcript
There's a change happening in certain restrooms across the country. With growing concerns about wasting water, companies have been looking at ways to use less water to flush... and now a new product uses no water at all. As a part of the "Your Choice; Your Planet" series, the Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Lester Graham reports:
Alright... this is a story for the guys. I mean, you women might be interested, but this is really a guy thing. They're taking the flush away from us. You've probably noticed that urinals have been changing from manual flush to some kind of automatic or motion-detecting sensor flush. Now a few companies are producing urinals with no handle, no button, no sensor. Companies such as Sloan Valve Company, Waterless Company and Falcon Waterfree Technologies are making urinals without flushers.
Bruce Fleisher is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Falc...
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Helen Woodward
Posted on November 12, 2004 at 11:27 AM | Permalink
Review of No-Water Urinals
This is the second piece I have listened to in the Your Choice, Your Planet series produced by the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, and both have proven to be engaging and informative. In addition they provide listeners an insight into innovative and environmentally sound technologies and practices that will become essential in a future where mountains of waste are being generated and untainted water supplies are dwindling. With widespread uptake of waterless urinals huge quantities of water could be saved (some qualitative data would have enhanced the piece) and airing this piece may encourage facilities managers everywhere to think a little differently about the men's room. All that being said, when airing this piece it might be a good time to disengage the minds eye!