Climate Change Series. Eco-Friendly New Year’s Resolutions: Tip 17: Upgrade to Low-Flow Toilets

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Tip 17: Upgrade to Low-Flow Toilets

When you think about conserving energy, flushing a toilet is probably not high on your list. But low-efficiency toilets are actually a pretty significant source of carbon dioxide emissions.

How is this possible, right? Toilets use water, not power! But think about the backend of the process. When you flush, that water is taken to a plant to be treated. That process itself takes a ton of energy. Therefore, reducing the amount of water that you send out of your home to be processed will help reduce the amount of energy used to purify it.

Over their life cycle, inefficient toilets contribute over 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, so upgrading to low-flow can reduce your carbon footprint by just as much.

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