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Don't drop your wallet in this toilet. Or your pants.

The toilet from St. Thomas Creations in the video below doesn't qualify for GreenSpec — it's a 1.6gpf toilet (the federal minimum), and GreenSpec requires 1.28gpf or less — but it sure is fun to watch it flush stuff. (More fun than miso in condoms, anyway.) What do I mean by "flush stuff"?

  • 2.5 pounds of carrots
  • 4 complete sets of plastic chess pieces
  • 3 pounds of large Gummi bears
  • 18 large hot dogs
  • 78 plastic letters and numbers
  • 3.5 pounds of grapes
  • 20 golf balls
  • 3.5 pounds of dog food
Eat your heart out, Dave Barry.

Published March 9, 2009

(2009, March 9). Don't drop your wallet in this toilet. Or your pants.. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/blog/dont-drop-your-wallet-toilet-or-your-pants

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BuildingGreen Basic Member

March 13, 2009 - 8:49 am

Thank you, you're absolutely right. I think I may have been going for "federal minimum standard" but didn't quite make it. (Folks, learn more about the things Martin learns about at http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-news )

BuildingGreen Basic Member

March 13, 2009 - 8:42 am

A minor correction: 1.6 gallons per flush is the Federal maximum, not the Federal minimum.