Isn't peeing in the shower better for the environment?

Question

Isn't peeing in the shower better for the environment?

Answer 1

good giggle on the answers so far--pee is sterile to start with it also combats foot irritations--athletes foot--your not waisting water on flushing so in response yes it is better

Answer 2

for a much better environment than peeing in the shower...

if u got a garden outside your house...

pee at the plants better... never waste good fertilizer..

see...

http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2007/10/...

http://blogs.earthsky.org/jeremyshere/20...

white polar bear..

thanks for highlighting the "diluted urine"

but i still think it's not a hard job to diluted urine before we make them useful.. right?

infect it's better to dilute it in a container in in-house toilet.

than just pee outside the house..(since we still need to flush the toilet after we pee..)

since "human urine" (not dog urine) are good fertilizer i don't see why can't we make good use of it.

we can have our beautiful garden while we save money buying fertilizer.

who know.., maybe u can even grow your very own cabbage for food too..! it's bettter than eating cabbage grown with others human urine fertilizer...!

Answer 3

saves water, now that you mentioned it.

Answer 4

yes?

Answer 5

Sure, but you only shower once a day I'm assuming.  What do you do the rest of the day.  If you live alone, collect all your pees in the toilet until the night, then give it one good, conservative flush!!!!  Now you've really helped the environment!

Answer 6

That's peeing in the bathtub for me though...............but shower's fine me thinks. Yeah great observation.

Answer 7

This is for guys ... Pee in a large plastic juice bottle.  One option (there are others) for emptying it is to pour it in the toilet after you p**p (it actually gets the flush started).  Rinse it with tap water or bath water (that you haven't peed in!) and pour the rinse water on plants (they love it).  Recycle it when you buy more juice.

Answer 8

nice question guess u have ur answers i believe

Answer 9

Now that i think of it, yes it is. :P

Answer 10

can I just say ewww...

but, when you think about it ....it is !! Wow ..new discovery -- stop flushing the toilet ...pee in the shower !!!

You get a star for that !

Answer 11

If you mean instead of the toilet, and then flushing the toilet, then yes, it would obviously conserve water.

The best thing for the enviroment though?  It would actually be to urinate outside, especially in your garden.  You wouldn't believe all the truely valuable things in ones urine.  

People often forget just how nature works.  They all concintrate on the fact that animal manure is good for the garden, and to make pastures grow.  Urine is equally as important.

So actually the most enviromentally friendly thing to do would be to urinate in ones vegtable garden, or orchard, and skip putting synthetic, oil based fertilizers on the garden.

~Garnet

Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years

Answer 12

Sure. You save the water you would otherwise use to flush the toilet. However, we can't hold it all day long until we go to take shower, right?

Alternatives are not flushing the toilet every time but there is sanitary issues and it could be difficult if there are other occupants sharing the same facilities. More eco friendly toilets have two buttons - one for liquid waste (low flow) and one for solid waste (high flow). They are in the market but since they cost a little more they have limited market share today.

As for urine as fertilizer. It is. However, it has to be diluted before the application or the plant or grass may die. People who have front yard must have experience about yellow or brown spots on the lawn due to the "contribution" from neighbors' dogs.

Answer 13

Yeah, I guess, but the water is just recycled over time anyway.  It may cut your water bill, but I don't think it will affect the environment. Plus you may stain your shower floor with urine toxins.

Answer 14

Conserving water yes, but it's better to just go out side and fertilize the grass.

Answer 15

been there done that

Answer 16

If it saves one more flush sure, unless you have a gray water system the water ends up in the same place.

Answer 17

Why stop there?