Just Throw Your Garbage Down the Toilet! Wait... WHAT?!

According to the 4th annual Canadian Water Attitudes Study, an online survey commissioned by RBC and Unilever and endorsed by the Canadian Partnership Initiative of the United Nations Water for Life Decade, almost 3/4 of Canadians admit to flushing items down the toilet that they could get rid of elsewhere.

In British Columbia it's most often dead pests that are flushed while other Canadians get rid of food, hair and cigarette butts. Albertans are most likely to admit to using the toilet as a general garbage disposal unit.

Canadians claim to care about conserving water, yet knowingly engage in water wasting activities, including using fresh, clean water to dispose of garbage.

However, Canadians do seem to know about the quality of their water. 80% know the water in their toilet is just as clean as the water coming out of their faucet and 75% are aware that nearly half of water used in the home is flushed down the toilet.

Tidbit... A toilet uses 6-20 litres of clean fresh water for every flush; the higher amount is almost equal to an office water cooler container!

So if it's yellow... let it mellow! And use the garbage can for pete's sake!