You probably press them every day, multiple times a day if you have a toilet made in the last 20 years. But many people in the UK still have no idea what the two separate buttons on top of your toilet ...

The dual flush Conserver toilet, a high-efficiency toilet (HET) delivers an estimated average consumption of 1.28 gallons per flush (gpf). Featuring a top-mounted push-button flush release, the ...

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You’ve probably noticed it a hundred times but never really thought about it– those two buttons on your toilet flush. One small, one big. You press whichever feels right in the moment, without ...

Indian households can significantly cut water usage by mastering their dual-flush toilets. Pressing the smaller button for ...

You see it daily, several times, but never really think about why it’s like that. The buttons on your toilet flush—why are there two buttons, a big one and a small one? Are you pressing the correct ...

It’s a common scene: You’re hovering above the toilet in some airport or rest stop, when, mid-stream, the toilet beneath you starts flushing. By the time you’ve finished relieving yourself, the ...

Many of the 400 litres of water wasted in UK toilets each day is due to a device that was designed to prevent the environmental problem. Dual-flush toilets are wasting more water than they save, ...

When flushed, commercial toilets can spew airborne particles at speeds of up to 6.6 feet per second. John Crimaldi et al. / University of Colorado Boulder With the press of a handle and a powerful ...

Power showers and dual-flush toilets could be axed under Government plans to save water. This comes under a proposal to cut personal water consumption by 20 per cent for 2038, as part of a scheme to ...