Question: Portable Toilets and Dump Points

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Portable Toilets and Dump Points

Portable toilets are becoming increasingly popular for people who don't want to give up on facilities while travelling. This article details the various portable camping toilets available in the

kman1

Hi,How come urine is not allowed in portable toilets as you state above?What is the point of having one?
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Reply By: Polaris - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 13:40

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 13:40

That is a load of rubbish ! Who told you that?
Have never heard anything so stupid.

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Follow Up By: Rockape - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 13:57

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 13:57

Polaris,
her is a quote from the portable toilets and dump point section in exploroz.

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Dump Points and Sensible Waste Disposal
There are many authorised dump points around Australia which should be used if possible. Dump points are provided on caravan routes in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.

There are also certain rules and etiquettes governing the use of dump points and waste disposal. If you do not have access to such a point or toilet waste disposal facility then you can bury it completely and at a distance of more than 100 metres from a water body and 1 Km away from camp sites, national parks, reserves or populated places.

At a public dump site or a toilet facility that has a provision for dumping wastes from portable toilets, make sure you clean the dump seals and nozzles with water so that the next user does not have to clean up after you. Also, keep in mind not to use this water specifically meant for cleaning to fill your water tank or for drinking water purposes. It is advisable to take care to wash and clean the portable toilet and your hands after emptying the waste into a dump point.

Points to keep in mind are that urine should not go into the waste container of the camping toilet or the portable toilet. Avoid dumping sanitary napkins or cardboard in the waste collection unit of the toilet.

It is advisable to have gloves, a hose and bio-degradable disinfectant handy once you have cleaned the portable toilet or the porta pottie.

I have never heard of it either,
RA.

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Follow Up By: kman1 - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:03

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:03

Explore Oz told me that.
kman1

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Follow Up By: Polaris - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:28

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:28

kman1 and Rockape - thanks for the information.

How absurd!

I have use public dump points all around this country and have never seen any sign or indication that urine was not acceptable to be dumped.

To the best of my knowledge there is nothing in the literature that came with our Thetford Cassette and also Porta-Poti to indicate non urine use either. It would defeat the purpose o the equipment!

It will be interesting when the moderators start following this thread and someone explains this rubbish!

Thanks again ...

BTW - I will continue using our equipment as we always have !!

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Reply By: Steve M1 (NSW) - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:17

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:17

LOL - so what do you do? Your number twos in the potty and then hang on until you can go behind a tree for a wee?

Don't think many Thetford users will be worrying about this one

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Reply By: Lex M - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:22

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:22

found it on the internet. It must be correct!!!!!! :-)

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Reply By: ExplorOz Team - Adele - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:30

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 14:30

Hi kman1,

My apologies, that looks like the sentence wasn't as clear as it should have been and was missing some important information, we were talking about the waste container limitations of portable camping toilets (as referred to in one of the article sections). I have now edited this sentence to convey the correct meaning (copied below) - I hope this clarifies things- and any further article feedback would be much appreciated.

"There are many authorised dump points around Australia which should be used if possible. Dump points are provided on caravan routes in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.

There are also certain rules and etiquettes governing the use of dump points and waste disposal. If you do not have access to such a point or toilet waste disposal facility then you can bury it completely and at a distance of more than 100 metres from a water body and 1 Km away from camp sites, national parks, reserves or populated places.

At a public dump site or a toilet facility that has a provision for dumping wastes from portable toilets, make sure you clean the dump seals and nozzles with water so that the next user does not have to clean up after you. Also, keep in mind not to use this water specifically meant for cleaning to fill your water tank or for drinking water purposes. It is advisable to take care to wash and clean the portable toilet and your hands after emptying the waste into a dump point.

Points to keep in mind are that urine should not go into the waste container of portable folding camping toilets unless using in conjuntion with gelling agents. Also avoid dumping sanitary napkins or cardboard in the waste collection unit of any portable toilets.

It is advisable to have gloves, a hose and bio-degradable disinfectant handy once you have cleaned the portable toilet or the porta pottie."

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Follow Up By: Polaris - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 15:11

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 15:11

Thanks for clearing that up for us Adele.

A suggestion that you maybe could add is NOT to dispose of your disposable gloves into the dump point!
I have seen travellers do this and hate to think of the poor plumber who eventually has to unblock the system, because of this thoughtless action.

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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - Adele - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 15:35

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 15:35

Thanks Polaris,

That's a great point, I've added that advice to the article.

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Follow Up By: kman1 - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 17:13

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 17:13

Thanks Adele.
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Follow Up By: Sacred Cow - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 17:55

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 17:55

I'll bite. What gelling agent is to be used?

Thanks
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - Adele - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 18:08

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 18:08

Hi Glenn,
I believe you can either get specific bags/containers for this type of toilet which come with the chemicals inbuilt, or as a less expensive options you can add them separately (comes in a powder form) - there aren't any brand names as such mentioned in the article.

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Follow Up By: 1533rl - Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 22:34

Monday, Oct 03, 2011 at 22:34

Hi Glenn, a few years ago (on a big boys' trip) we tried a product from a camping shop that was called "Travel John". An American product, it was a resealable plastic bag that had a gel inside. Basic idea was you could pee in the bag, to save getting out of the tent in the night, or as advertised on the packet use it in the car when stuck in a freeway traffic jam !!
Only one of us idiots used it, and therafter it was a source of great amusment as we would not allow the user to dump the plastic bag in the bush. Thankfully this product has not caught on here or we would be seeing the bags dumped all over the place instead of the "backpackers confetti" we see now.
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