On 30th, Oct Le Monde pointed out that after researching, some related experts
found out that there’re two important factors decide the water usage of toilet ,
one is the structure of the toilet and another is the behavior of the users. The
research indicated that most of the Europeans need about 6 liters water to flush
the toilet which will be regarded as the reference for the politician decisions.
They will talk about this question recently and may issue the EU Ecological
Label to the sanitary ware manufactures to set the standard.
It is said in the future it will be limited to 5 liters once a time while the urination
only can use 4 liters .Some experts even said it need to be 3 liters ,which
rejected by the manufacturers because of the technology .
The spokesman of the EU said this decision is to improve the water usage rate.
He said whether to apply for the “EU Ecological Label “ is of one’s own free will.
This label is expected by the industry which can be helpful for the enterprises’
marketing .
It is reported that according to the former experience , the EU commission of
environmental department don’t want to limit the toilet water usage by
forbidding . However, now Netherlands and England have forbidden to install
the toilets which need more than 6 liters water.