He also brought up the idea of no-mix toilets and waterless urinals. He said no mix toilets are porcelain commodes that separate the urine and solids, so they can be recycled differently. He said these were developed in Sweden.

He said that waterless urinals have a special trap that uses oil, so no water at all is needed for flushing.

I told him that we and our guests support protecting the environment, but I don’t think we and they are up for quite that much sustainability.

He said he will soon have an article about the profession of facility management, including physical plant management and maintenance, in a plant-maintenance magazine and that we should watch for it.