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WORLD TOILET DAY, 19 NOVEMBER EVERY YEAR
YES, IT IS TRUE! THE UNITED NATIONS HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE 19 NOVEMBER ‘WORLD TOILET DAY’.
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‘Poo Pee Happy’ sculpture unveiled at Marina Barrage to commemorate World Toilet Day
Linette Lai
Saturday, Nov 16, 2013
A quirky sculpture featuring man’s processes of elimination was unveiled at the Marina Barrage on Saturday. Titled “Evolution of Man: Poo Pee Happy”, the sculpture is intended to commemorate World Toilet Day next Tuesday.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/poo-pee-happy-sculpture-unveiled-marina-barrage-commemorate-world-toilet-day
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UN passes S’pore’s toilet resolution
The Straits Times
Saturday, Jul 27, 2013
SINGAPORE made a big splash at the United Nations on Wednesday night: Its move to promote good sanitation for all was such a hit that the world body wasted little time in passing its resolution to declare Nov 19 World Toilet Day.
The success was all the more sweet as the resolution is the first Singapore has ever tabled in its 48 years of being a UN member.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/un-passes-spores-toilet-resolution
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Singapore diplomat Mark Neo said he doesn’t care if people laugh about ‘World Toilet Day’ because it spotlights a serious problem: 2.5 billion people worldwide don’t have access to proper sanitation.
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World Toilet day is on Facebook!
World Toilet Day
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Did you see this? Yesterday was World Toilet Day in which I learned that women/girls use a combined 97 billion hours a year to find a safe place to go the bathroom. That is just weirdly wrong.
1 in 3 women lacks a safe toilet
One in three women around the world has no access to a safe toilet, threatening their health and exposing them to shame, fear and violence.
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What Not to Flush While Travelling
- Cynthia Ord
- 19 November 2012
“Don’t flush paper in the toilet.”
Some variation of this message, often in quirkily translated English, is perhaps the most ubiquitous signage I’ve seen in my travels abroad. To me, it is now a lot like “No smoking” signs; yes, they’re usually clearly stated, but the notion has become implied over time – when in doubt, your best bet is not to do it.
A sign on a small cruise ship in the ecologically delicate Galapagos Islands. Photo courtesy of Cynthia Ord
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Signage about flushing paper in Greece. Photo courtesy of flickr/nataliedowne
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When Not to Flush Paper
Old habits die hard, so it may take some adjusting. If it’s your first time in a new place, pause. Think about the following:
- If you have seen a “don’t flush paper” sign in any local bathroom, it is probably true for all bathrooms in the area, so don’t flush paper.
- If you see crumpled toilet paper in the wastebasket, don’t flush paper.
- If you are travelling in a rural area, don’t flush paper.
- If you are in a city’s historical centre, don’t flush paper.
- If the water pressure is very low, don’t flush paper.
- If you are in a developing country, don’t flush paper.
- Ladies, don’t flush your sanitary items. It’s a strain for wastewater systems anywhere.
- If you don’t enjoy using a plunger while travelling, don’t flush paper.
- If in doubt, don’t flush paper.
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