"Businesses must take responsibility for bathroom hygiene" warn experts

With pubs and other similar places like cafes and restaurants reopening, sustainable hygiene experts at SMARTi Environmental are calling on the Government to Go Greener AND Cleaner in a bid to tackle poor bathroom hygiene habits

The campaign is designed to tackle businesses who fail to meet adequate hygiene rules regulations, in place to prevent any potential future health pandemics

A study commissioned by the team shows waterless urinals could be an answer, as they are shown to reduce aerosol bacterial transmission by up to 98%

And each converted urinal saves about 100,000 litres of water every year, thus binging about significant financial savings in the longer term.

Latest research shows flushing urinals can potentially release clouds of virus-containing aerosols that people in the vicinity area could breathe in. A study also found traces of ‘SARS-CoV-2’, the virus particle, in a sample of a COVID-19 patient’s urine.

As the world begins to return to normal, busy pubs begin to welcome people outside and with bars and clubs looking to open up in June, sustainable hygiene experts www.Smartilimited.com are calling on business owners to examine how safe men’s washrooms really are.

The team at SMARTi Environmental have launched a campaign aimed at the Government to Go Greener AND Cleaner, off of the back of the last year and a half. Their aim; to make business owners re-think the safety regulations currently in place in men’s rest rooms and to look at sustainable alternatives they can make to prevent the spread of infections.

The study commissioned by the team revealed water-free urinals offer a lower overall incidence of bacteria than for flush urinals and offer a 98% reduction in urinal aerosol bacterial transmission. No water also means the risk of waterborne pathogens, E. coli and Legionella, is done away with, and no flushing means no possibility of airborne droplets of bacteria or virus particles being spread around the washroom.  

Further to the safety aspect of waterless urinals, the non-flushing technology also has proven environmental and financial benefits. With as many as 3.5 million urinals flushed every day in the UK (pre-lockdown climate), over 217 billion litres of water are wasted every year in the UK alone. 

Every waterless urinal saves circa 100,000 litres of water per year and subsequently reduces energy usage and carbon footprint. This also has a direct impact on cost savings, with it estimated by SMARTi Environmental that this reduces costs by at least 50% of the current costs associated with each urinal (after conversion, service, and consumables).

(EDITOR: I have noticed that McDonalds have been using waterless urinals for a number of years. Time other food outlets followed the example of McDonalds?)

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