BMA calls for toilet scrappage scheme

The Chancellor's pre-budget report included the announcement of a boiler scrappage scheme and the Bathroom Manufacturers Association is now calling for a similar scheme for inefficient toilets.

The success of the motor industry car scrappage scheme has encouraged Alistair Darling to introduce a similar measurers for old and inefficient boilers.

Under the plans householders will be able to trade in their existing boiler for a new more efficient eco friendly model.

Yvonne Orgill, chief executive of the Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) said: "It will go some way in improving our nation's energy efficiency".

"But now is the time to start thinking seriously about water efficiency and we believe that major strides can be made in saving our increasingly scarce water resources by replacing the UK's 11 million water guzzling toilets".

"A WC scrappage scheme is now on the cards".

The government estimates that of the 45 million WCs installed in the UK, the average consumes around 9 litres of fresh drinking water at every flush.

Furthermore, 7 million pans flush with 13 litres.

The very latest eco-friendly WCs flush with as little as 2.6 litres on their short flush.

Yvonne Orgill continued: "The use of crude cistern displacement devices, like the Hippo, to reduce flush volume is not the answer to the nations water stress".

"What we really need to do now is to replace the water guzzlers once and for all".

"Members of the BMA have introduced products which are both water and energy saving".

"A WC scrappage scheme will have real and lasting benefits in the UK and the BMA will be lobbying hard to get the government to consider its introduction as soon as possible".

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