Public asked to offer etiquette tips for World Toilet Day
SINGAPORE (AP) - Pop the lid on the cleanser, get out the scrub
brush and be sure to leave the seat down - it's time to get ready
for World Toilet Day.
The Singapore-based World Toilet Organization has begun
collecting tips to improve bathroom etiquette to mark the day, held
annually on Nov. 16.
The suggestions will be used to create the agenda for next
year's World Toilet Summit in Beijing, the group said in a
statement Friday.
"If everyone joins in, there (will be) better public toilets
and happier people," said Jack Sim, a founding member of the World
Toilet Organization and president of the Restroom Association of
Singapore.
Suggestions already posted on the group's Web site include:
teach children to aim, wipe the toilet seat after use and praise
owners of well-kept toilets. Tips can be sent to
infoworldtoilet.org.
The toilet group is encouraging the public to speak out about
the toilets they use.
"Be it brickbats or bouquets, give feedback to the owner of the
toilet," the group's statement said.
The next World Toilet Summit, which brings together academics,
sanitation experts, toilet designers and environmentalists from
around the world, will be held on Nov. 19, 2004 in Beijing.
Issues discussed at this year's meeting in Taipei, Taiwan last
month included mountain toilets, trends in rural toilets and the
impact of toilets on tourists' impressions of a country.
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On the Net:
World Toilet Organization: www.worldtoilet.org
SINGAPORE (AP) - Pop the lid on the cleanser, get out the scrub
brush and be sure to leave the seat down - it's time to get ready
for World Toilet Day.
The Singapore-based World Toilet Organization has begun
collecting tips to improve bathroom etiquette to mark the day, held
annually on Nov. 16.
The suggestions will be used to create the agenda for next
year's World Toilet Summit in Beijing, the group said in a
statement Friday.
"If everyone joins in, there (will be) better public toilets
and happier people," said Jack Sim, a founding member of the World
Toilet Organization and president of the Restroom Association of
Singapore.
Suggestions already posted on the group's Web site include:
teach children to aim, wipe the toilet seat after use and praise
owners of well-kept toilets. Tips can be sent to
infoworldtoilet.org.
The toilet group is encouraging the public to speak out about
the toilets they use.
"Be it brickbats or bouquets, give feedback to the owner of the
toilet," the group's statement said.
The next World Toilet Summit, which brings together academics,
sanitation experts, toilet designers and environmentalists from
around the world, will be held on Nov. 19, 2004 in Beijing.
Issues discussed at this year's meeting in Taipei, Taiwan last
month included mountain toilets, trends in rural toilets and the
impact of toilets on tourists' impressions of a country.
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On the Net:
World Toilet Organization: www.worldtoilet.org
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