PFT #84 - Personal Finance Tip of the Week: Eco-Firendly Toilets

The Earth might seem like it has abundant water, but in fact less than one percent is available for human use and we are running out of it. So let’s push down the handle on some Flush Facts:

According to the EPA, the average American uses 300 gallons of water per day or about 80 gallons per person. In addition, roughly 70 percent of this use occurs indoors. So it goes without saying that there is always something that we can do. So let’s talk about toilets.

With that being said no one goes out and says that I am excited to shop for a toilet; however, over $10 Billion are sold in the U.S. each year.

This means the odds you’ll buy one sooner than later. So let’s get to more numbers.
The standard toilet in the past used 1.6 GFP or gallons per flush and with recent advancements, many have been reduced to 1.28 gallons per flush which is a reduction of 20%.

WIth my recent toilet purchase, it uses just .8 GPF while still providing equal or superior performance.

So I am happy with my choice knowing that the average person flushes five times per day which means I am cutting the water usage in half.

Not to mention that I have incorporated other water reducing tactics with other low flow appliances and fixtures from our PFT #40 and PFT #6 which covered why there is no need to rinse your dishes by letting your dishwasher handle the load.

Therefore, I am significantly reducing my water bill as my past purchases will pay for themselves over time - the best part is that I am preserving our environment and you can too!

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Episode Transcript

(00:05):
Hello everyone, I am David andyou're listening to the Personal Finance Tip of
the Week, and this week's topicis about eco friendly toilets. The Earth
might seem that it has abundant water, however, the fact show less than
one percent is available for human useand we are running out of it.

(00:28):
So let's push the handle down onsome flush facts. According to the EPA,
the average American uses three hundred gallonsof water per day, or about
eighty gallons per person. In addition, roughly seventy percent of this use occurs
indoors. So it goes without sayingthat there is always something that we can

(00:50):
do, so let's talk about toilets. With that being said, no one
goes out and says, hey,I'm so excited to shop for a toilet.
However, over ten billion dollars aresold each year in the United States
alone, so this means the oddsare that you'll buy one sooner than later.
So let's get to some more numbers. The standard toilet in the past

(01:11):
use one point six GPF or gallonsper flush, and with recent advancements,
many have been reduced to one pointtwo eight GPF, which is a twenty
percent water reduction with my recent toiletpurchase. It uses just point eight GPF
while still providing equal or superior performanceover other models. So I am happy

(01:34):
with my choice, knowing that theaverage person flushes five times per day,
which means I am cutting my waterusage in half. Not to mention,
I have incorporated other water reducing tacticswith other low flow appliances and fixtures from
our PFT forty and PFT number sixwhich covered why there is no need to

(01:55):
rinse your dishes by letting your dishwash your handle the load. Therefore,
I I am significantly reducing my waterbill as my past purchases will pay for
themselves over time. The best partis that I'm preserving our environment and you
can too, So that will doit for the Personal Finance Tip of the
week Until next time, I amDavid