For a cleaner environment, practice proper bidet-iquette.
, first take a good hard look at yourself before you debate buying a bidet.Assuming you’re already only flushing the three P’s down the toilet, you may be considering joining the spray side. And, generally speaking, the amount of water and energy thatPop a squat on of these 7 quality bidetsThe main thing to consider, says Andrea Hicks, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin, is where you live and what the water situation is there.
‘When it comes to the bidet versus the toilet paper, my advice is whatever is most comfortable, go with that,” Russel says. “And don’t feel guilty. [Again], it’s far more important that the proper things are going down the toilet than thinking about a bidet versus toilet paper.” Still, there’s a way to shop responsibly when choosing the single-use option.
, which means their toilets and sinks sometimes discharge untreated waste into their yards and then directly into the environment. This leads to public health and pollution challenges for already vulnerable populations.Even the sewer systems that are considered the “gold standard” of sanitation have their environmental pitfalls, Russel says.