Indian households can significantly cut water usage by mastering their dual-flush toilets. Pressing the smaller button for liquid waste and the larger one for solid waste can save up to 20,000 litres ...

It can be frustrating when you spot unsightly dark stains in the toilet bowl that your usual cleaning product won't budge. If the actual bowl of your loo looks brown, you're probably dealing with ...

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The Iowa House voted Wednesday to “wipe away the stain of sales tax” on toilet paper purchases, as Rep. Christian Hermanson, R-Mason City, said during debate.House File 1019 passed the House on a vote ...

You’ve probably noticed it a hundred times but never really thought about it– those two buttons on your toilet flush. One small, one big. You press whichever feels right in the moment, without ...

You see it daily, several times, but never really think about why it’s like that. The buttons on your toilet flush—why are there two buttons, a big one and a small one? Are you pressing the correct ...