“The primary reason European toilets have two buttons is to save water,” explains Chinese toilet manufacturer Danube Toilet. ...

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 ...

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You might notice I’m particularly obsessed with toilets these past two months. Being cooped up in the house makes the necessaries in the home all the more important. Over the years, there has been an ...

Billions of litres of water are being wasted every week because of an innovation intended to cut water use. About 400 million litres (88 million gallons) of water are estimated to leak from UK toilets ...

If you haven’t updated your commode lately, you may be surprised to find that today’s toilets are, ahem, flush with improvements. New toilets use less water than ever, yet we’ve found in our tests ...

A bathroom innovation designed to save water is actually wasting billions of gallons every year. Dual-flush toilets are wasting more water than they save, reports UK conservation group the Waterwise ...

BILLIONS of litres of water are being wasted each week by toilets which are supposed to cut losses. An estimated 400 million litres — enough to supply 2.8 million people — is lost from dual-flush loos ...

Next time you inspect a home, renters are advised to check whether the toilet has a single or dual flush. Source: Getty Some Aussie tenants living in houses with outdated bathrooms will soon be able ...