The modern toilet is the ceramic throne that has been around for around 250 years. In the time it has been around, the modern toilet has become an integral part of almost every home, office, and recreational vehicle in the world. It is certainly the only type of toilet that we use here in the U.S. due to its near perfect design – or is it?
Over time, we have made very few changes to the modern toilet in how it functions. Since the first time the modern toilet came around, the basic premise of how it operates is essentially the same. The modern toilet was a fantastic solution to our sanitation problems. For centuries, we would dump our waste into brick-lined cesspits that people would eventually empty and sell off the waste as fertilizer or dump it into lakes and rivers.
The invention of the modern toilet, which relies on using water to carry out the task of disposing our waste, was revolutionary. It allows us to get rid of our waste in a manner much cleaner and safer for our wellbeing.
In the situation 250 years ago, we thought nothing could get better than this. However, there are multiple issues that have presented themselves over the years with the use of modern toilets. In fact, the problems with this bathroom fixture and how we use it are quite distressing.
Fundamental Issues with the Modern Toilet
There are several issues we can relate to the use of modern toilets that correlate with each other. The reason why the design of the modern toilet is almost the same as it was since its invention is that the modern toilet itself is not the problem.
The design of the modern toilet is straightforward. We go into the bathroom to answer the call of nature. We do our business and let the waste go into the water in the bowl. Once we finish, we clean ourselves up, flush the toilet, and we let the water take our waste away to a wastewater treatment plant.
Now, let’s highlight the issues we commonly face with the modern toilets, why we face them, and the best possible solution for them.
Flushed Paper Products Blocking Sewage Lines and Septic Tanks
The most significant problem we face is that we are all guilty of flushing foreign objects like flushable wipes down the toilet once we use it to clean ourselves up. It is not something many people will be proud to admit, but most people do it.
Did you know that flushing those products down the toilet is the single most problematic reason for clogged sewage lines and septic tanks?
Toilets are meant to dispose of our waste. It is not a replacement for a trash can. Treating your toilet as a trash can to dispose of the toilet paper we use can pose major problems for the sewage system. Even those “flushable” paper products are not actually flushable.
Any foreign objects like flushable products, or any non-biodegradable items can clog up the sewage system and the septic tanks. Significant blockages in the sewage lines and septic tanks can cause damage to the pipelines and to wastewater treatment plants. These problems are expensive to repair and can cost you thousands of dollars.
No Efficient Way to Clean Toilets
Another core problem with modern toilets is that there is no efficient way to keep them clean. We use several methods to try and clean our toilets. The most efficient way we have to clean toilets is by using harsh chemicals and scrubbing the toilets using hand-held brushes.
Here are some of the commonly used chemical products to clean toilets:
- Hydrochloric acid
- Chlorine bleach
Using harsh chemicals like these is detrimental to the environment. Hydrochloric acid is an extremely toxic and corrosive chemical that can put your health at risk due to the fumes. Chlorine bleach is another common active ingredient in cleaning products. It is a highly caustic product. Both these chemicals are effective in killing germs. They also pose serious health risks for you unless you take the necessary precautions.
Risk of Disease due to Residue
Most of the time, people use hand-held brushes to scrub their toilets to clean off all the embarrassing “tracks” that they might leave behind in the toilet. While scrubbing can help you get rid of the marks, it also exposes you to potentially harmful germs. The brush can become a germ carrier that can make you and others around you sick.
Even if we do not clean the embarrassing track marks, leaving that residue in your toilet can make the bathroom fixture a festering pool for the worst germs.
Excessive Use of Water
Another substantial problem with modern toilets and how we use them is that we use way too much water. In any household, the toilet is responsible for the highest amount of water consumption. In fact, 31% of the overall water consumption in the average American household is through the toilets in our bathrooms.
A single flush of the toilet can use up to 6 gallons of water. A person uses the toilet approximately 5 times per day. If you do the math, a single person can use up to 30 gallons of water a day just by flushing once every time they use the toilet. Most people end up using multiple flushes to get rid of the waste and paper products they unwittingly dump in the toilet bowl.
Trackless Flush Sheets – The Most Viable Solution to These Problems
Trackless Flush Sheets are a specialized paper product designed to tackle all these problems in a simple and affordable manner. We use paper engineered to dissolve in water within 20 minutes. There is also a patch of an eco-friendly and biodegradable enzyme in the center of the sheet that speeds up the process of biodegradation.
Using flush sheets is simple. Before you start using the toilet, you place a Trackless Flush Sheet in the toilet bowl. The flush sheet is 10-inches in diameter and it has pleated ridge edges that allow it to stay firmly in place. It acts as a barrier between the toilet bowl and your waste and paper products you might use to clean up after yourself.
Once you are done using the toilet, you flush the bowl and the flush sheet completely envelops the waste and paper products. The enzyme patch starts to break down the waste and paper products at a molecular level so it disintegrates properly as you flush it all down.
Each TFS has the perfect amount of enzyme to ensure proper breakdown of the waste. Using the sheets regularly improves the efficiency of the entire sewer system and the septic tanks by introducing an adequate level of enzymes that treats the septic system each time they are used.
There are several benefits of using TFS regularly in the toilet:
- Reduced water bill since you need only a single flush to dispose the waste
- Avoid costly repairs due to a more efficient system
- Reduce the use of harmful chemicals due to the barrier TFS creates between your waste and the toilet bowl
- Prevent clogging in the sewage lines and treating the septic tanks.
If you want to learn more details about how our revolutionary Trackless Flush Sheets work, you can check out our Whitepaper. To witness the wonderful efficiency of the TFS firsthand, you can always preorder yours right here.