A toilet with a sink on top of the tank. When I was waking up and rubbing the greenies out of my eyes while making coffee, I heard Sink Positive. Isn’t that cute. What is it?

I was still rubbing my eyes to see if I was hallucinating. No, this is real and within a few minutes I realized I’m just not green enough to spend $119.00 for this water saving toilet.

My first thought was “oh that’s gross, you mean the toilet water comes up and into the sink to wash my hands? Are we really ready to splash our face, brush our teeth in the morning over the toilet?

Does the sink “recycle” water?

Yes and no. The water running in the sink is clean tap water. The device simply provides access to clean water which is normally used to refill the toilet bowl. When used as a finger rinse, the water that drains from the sink is considered “grey water”, or used water. In this way, the bowl is refilled with grey water instead of clean water, which is considered recycling.

I know if you’re like me I just have to know what’s the real deal here with this wildly green toilet that’s made in America.

Where does the water drain?
Properly installed, the water drains to the toilet bowl, not into the tank.

Is the water clean?
Yes, the water comes directly form the water supply line. It is no different than the water from your faucet.

Benefits

Maximize water use
Using Sinkpositive eliminates the need for additional water use at the bathroom sink, and therefore, reduces the amount of waste water going down the drain. And, most importantly, the sink can help in the early detection of a water-guzzling, costly leak in the toilet’s plumbing.

Increased hand-washing frequency reduces hand-transmitted diseases
The immediate flow and convenient placement of a running faucet encourages all persons to obtain a fresh water hand wash or rinse which has been proven to break the chain of many hand transmitted diseases.

Eliminates touching faucet handles
The sink automatically runs with the toilet’s fresh water refill cycle after each flush meaning there are no knobs or handles to touch after hand washing reducing hand-transmitted diseases. Also, the elimination of faucet handles gives a welcome relief for persons with arthritis.

Tomorrow’s blog post should be a kick like this one. I’m still investigating why the city I live in placed an enormous solar plate erected 50 feet in the air on resting on a steel pole in this 4 foot divider of a 4 lane street. It looks bizzarre and I think it’s great. My city is trailblazing green living and I’m excited to see what thier up too.