Flushed with Excrement

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Experts call for end of flushing toilets on World Toilet Day

AS the world celebrates World Toilet Day today, sanitation experts have called for the end of the flushing dunny to save water and provide fertilizer for crops.

Leading health advocates have called for the use of "dry" toilets which separate urine from faeces and remove the need to flush.

Speaking at the recent World Toilet Summit in Macau, World Toilet Organisation founder Jack Sims said the concept of the flushing toilet was unsustainable.

"This 'flush and forget' attitude creates a new problem which we have to revisit," he said.

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