Tag: #civilisation

• London, as so many cities have done for millennia, uses its river for waste. In 1858 disease and ‘The Great Stink’ led to Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s super-sewer for 4 million people.

  

  150 years later the population is now closer to 10 million. This is what’s happening… Forward Thinking BC. To get a handle on how advanced the thinking was on ‘waste management’ thousands of years ago, the Mesopotamians had already figured clay sewer pipes around c.4000 BC. Utilised to remove wastewater, and capture rainwater in wells. But,…

  markhendriksen

  Jun 18, 2020

  3Ps, Children’s Books, Human Waste, Loos and No. 2s, Sanitation, Sewage, Sewers, toilet paper, Toilets & Sanitation, Toilets Poop & Sanitation, Uncategorized, Water

  #bacteria, #balzagette, #civilisation, #combined sewer flow, #Disease, #London, #rainwater, #river thames, #runoff, #sanitation, #sewage, #sewers, #sir joseph bazalgette, #stormwater, #tideway, #treatment works

• The Latest News & Views on Loos & no. 2s from ‘The Daily Poo!’ + Valentines Day Gifts.

  

  Welcome to this week’s edition of ‘The Daily Poo!‘ where we look at what’s going on in the world of loos & no. 2s, health issues, Valentine Gifts, challenges around the world, inventions, fascinating facts and quite a lot of silliness too. Let’s start with the perfect Valentine gift, as Feb 14th is fast approaching.…

  markhendriksen

  Feb 3, 2020

  Toilets & Sanitation

  #bladder, #civilisation, #dunnycarts, #hendriksen, #honeycarts, #mrtoilet, #squattypotty, #thedailypoo!, #toilety history, #tushy, #valentine, #valentines gifts, #whogivesacrap, bidet, Education, Environment, guts, Hygiene, Poo-Pourri, poop, Sanitation, toilet paper, toilets, UN, WTO