Toss Blocks reduce urinal flushing to save water and money
April 1st 2006

With the water shortage in the South East taking its toll on cleaning firms, the need to conserve water is now greater than ever. With approximately 10 million urinals flushing about 10 litres of water 36 times each day, this equates to around 3.5 billion litres of water being flushed down the drain EVERY DAY!

Aside from the unnecessary waste of water, businesses are also flushing away money. If each urinal flushed 360 litres of water a day, this adds up to over 131,000 litres of water per urinal per annum. On average businesses will pay around £1.25 per 1000 litres, so each urinal will use approximately £170 worth of water each year.

However, Bio-Productions says its Toss Blocks enable flushing frequency to be reduced to just 3 or 4 times each day. Containing a biological action that keeps urinals free flowing and odourless, consumer tests have indicated financial savings of approximately £150 per urinal, per annum and water savings of over 116,000 litres of water per urinal each year.

Toss Blocks utilise almost 20 strains of specially chosen micro-organisms to digest the solids in urine crystals that gradually build-up in traps and pipes. These micro-organisms are combined with cleaning agents that maintain clean, free-flowing and odourless urinals without the need for regular flushing.

The visible surfaces of the urinal will ideally be flushed 3 or 4 times a day to keep them clean, while the microbes in Toss Blocks establish a “biomes” to degrade the solids accumulating in the trap, and prevent adhesion and build-up on internal surfaces.

It costs less than £20 a year to maintain a urinal with Toss Blocks, Bio-Productions says they pay for themselves even before considering savings from reduced maintenance.

General cleaning of the washroom, maintaining a completely odour-free environment can also be achieved by combining Toss Blocks with Blu-Away, biological washroom cleaner. Just washing any urine contaminated floors and walls with Blu-Away once a week eradicates odour problems and unsightly urine build-up beneath urinals and Blu-Away is a suitable for all washroom surfaces.

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