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2. Flush toilet - Wikipedia

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   Washout pans were among the first types of ceramic toilets invented and since the early 1970s are now only found in a decreasing number of localities in Europe. [citation needed] A washout toilet is a kind of flush toilet which was once predominantly used in Germany, Austria and France. It was patented in Britain by George Jennings in 1852 and ...

3. New York City waste management system - Wikipedia

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   New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) workers collecting garbage on 172nd Street in Manhattan in 1973. New York City's waste management system is a refuse removal system primarily run by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY).

4. Container-based sanitation - Wikipedia

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   Example of a toilet used in a container-based sanitation system (urine-diverting dry toilet as marketed by the NGO SOIL in Haiti under the name of "EkoLakay")Container-based sanitation (abbreviated as CBS) refers to a sanitation system where toilets collect human excreta in sealable, removable containers (also called cartridges) that are transported to treatment facilities. [1]

5. This best-selling toilet bowl attachment turns your porcelain ...

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   At two different price points, you can get the experience of a 5-star hotel bathroom without breaking the bank. This best-selling toilet bowl attachment turns your porcelain throne into a bidet in ...

6. Toilet - Wikipedia

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   A typical flush toilet is a ceramic bowl (pan) connected on the "up" side to a cistern (tank) that enables rapid filling with water, and on the "down" side to a drain pipe that removes the effluent. When a toilet is flushed, the sewage should flow into a septic tank or into a system connected to a sewage treatment plant.

7. List of countries by access to improved sanitation facilities

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   The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF has defined improved sanitation as follows: flush toilet, [4] connection to a piped sewer system, connection to a septic system, flush/pour-flush to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet and/or some special ...