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Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52162) • Staten Island, New York 12 Oct

Today is Sunday and for me that means taking out the trash, the compost, and recycling for Monday pickup. I was getting ready to do that when I realized that tomorrow is Columbus Day, which means no sanitation tomorrow. I will...

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Who gives a crap?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382115) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Sep 24

We’ve just ordered our second box of Crap Toilet Paper. We’re getting a pack of four dozen. Although the name is a bit ‘off’, the company gives 50% of their profits ‘to help build toilets and improve sanitation in the developing...

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Seems sanitation can pick up dryers

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52162) • Staten Island, New York 18 Feb 21

I have to confirm it but it seems that the sanitation department can pick up a clothes dryer according to what I found online. Dryers are considered recyclable items. They have to be placed outside the night before collection...

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I am glad it is not carpet

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169479) • United States 14 Apr 19

Seeing how dirty my tile kitchen floor gets, I certainly am glad it is not carpeted. With tile you know you can get it clean. A little soap and water, or vinegar. If you really need to sanitize there is always bleach or...

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Re-use of Styro Cups?— A Doubt

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 24 Oct 18

I hope this is not true and I hope that it’s just a discrepancy of my senses perhaps. This has crossed to my minds because for how many years of buying take-out in this fast food store, I noticed not just for once but for a...

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The Rat Race

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169479) • United States 7 Jul 18

At times hubby and I have looked for a job like my dad and his wife Charlotte had. They picked up deliveries of specially bred laboratory animals that were kept in sterile conditions. They always had to sanitize the company...

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Luxury family toilets found in Disneyland in Shanghai

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 19 Apr 17

Toilets are very often an issue for tourists. I was glad to find for the new Disneyland opened last year, attention was paid to establish an upgraded level of toilets. Hope after about one year in use, the environment is well...

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Sanitation and Toilets in India

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 28 Dec 15

It is very unfortunate to say that more than 1.2 billion people in India squat on roadsides, in agriculture fields or at an or on a railway tracks and take pleasure in open defecation and the budget allocated for improving this...

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open defecation on roadsides

in agiriculture fields

bharat abhiyan survey

village communities

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Dog/Pet Helping Wash Dirty Dishes (Lick)

PageTurner @PageTurner (2825) • United States 26 Jun 12

Recently, Mrs. Turner and I were dinner guests of someone from work. The meal was quite enjoyable. After the meal, our hosts were tidying the kitchen and washing the dishes. Mrs. Turner and I offered to help, but they insisted...

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Beware The Dirty Vegetables!!

PageTurner @PageTurner (2825) • United States 19 Jun 12

OMGosh! I have just seen the grossest the thing ever! The vegetables from the grocery store come from the dirts!! Did you know these things?? I saw the man at the grocery washing the vegetables with water hose. I said to this man,...

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Food cleanliness

joannbilon @joannbilon (111) • Philippines 14 Mar 12

It seems to me that food cleanliness in Thailand is not top priority. You see people eating near garbage, sewers and they don't seem to mind even if flies are all over their food. And these are professionals, sometimes even...

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S afe Drinking Water

fujisaki61 @fujisaki61 (75) • Philippines 21 Jun 11

Safe drinking water and sanitation are basic to human survival, dignity, and productivity. Lack of these fundamentals is one of the main underlying causes of malnutrition, disease and death in children according to UNICEF's,...

leadership

safe water

sanitation

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Not all plastic is bad.

chipesterkhan @chipesterkhan (2925) • Philippines 26 Jan 11

Not all plastic is bad. In fact Plastic is a very good product. It's just the senseless people who throw them away just about anywhere that makes plastic look bad. Included in the things that people just throw anywhere are...

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what do you do save your own earth from getting polluted

ravirai8616561 @ravirai8616561 (824) • India 22 Jul 09

the good work always starts from our own home as they say.so what have u done to keep ur environment clean.give suggestions if u can for others.have a good day

earth

sanitation

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Are You Using a Bathtub @ HOme?

mjmlagat @mjmlagat (3170) • Philippines 3 Apr 09

I'm just curious for the truth about using a bathtub well, either at home or somewhere else during travel. Accordingly sometimes a bathtub could be a cause for some illnesses and irritations by the user, how true? I hope you have...

bath

home

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Cleaning Your Computer

acmepride @acmepride (1546) • United States 1 Apr 09

How do you clean your laptop/desktop computer? How often do you clean it?

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Anyone under 30 would be appalled at restaurants when I was a teen!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 3 Feb 09

Or anything, for that matter... When I was in high school & college in the early 70's, I worked a lot of jobs. Restaurants were kind of homey, it was just like being in my own kitchen only busier. We cooked the food, served it,...

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should we tell him to not throw trash from window cars?

herrygs @herrygs (133) • Indonesia 28 Feb 08

Sanitation in my country is not so good, people not fully realized the benefit of keeping a clean environment. When we sit on a car and look someone throw trash from their car while driving in front of us, should we tell him not...

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sanitation

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Did you know that it's World Toilet Day today?

MarkyB21 @MarkyB21 (1545) 19 Nov 07

No, I'm not kidding! Please take a moment to read the original article about World Toilet Day: http://www.wateraid.org/uk/get_involved/world_toilet_day/default.asp?dm_i=179054792 Some quick facts related to this day...

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Mr Toilet builds Toilet Shaped House!

Monkeyrose @Monkeyrose (2840) • Canada 11 Nov 07

In South Korea politician Sim Jae-Duck has made a giant luxury house in the shape of the toilet. He did this to commemorate the inaugral meeting of the worl toilet Association later this month. They hope to bring hygiene standards...

human rights

sanitation

toilet

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