Green RV’s
I’m really glad that our country is taking a step toward the treatment and disposal of waste from RV holding tanks and other camping disposal techniques. Many RV owners do not know this but they are buying toxic chemicals for use in their waste systems and are equally unaware of the consequences to the environment when using these products.
What they may not know is what rural landowners already know: that bacteria is needed to break down waste material in septic and holding tanks. By using the popular laundry detergents, odor killers and cleaning solutions what they are doing is disinfecting the tanks and thus creating a toxic slew of human waste and chemicals. Sure, it smells okay but it’s not doing anything to break it down. And then when it’s dumped from the on-board system to the campground holding tank it kills the bacteria there, as well. Now you have a bigger toxic and human waste tank.
Here’s the natural fact. Your RV holding tank should only contain urine and feces a small amount of toilet paper. Not a great topic to dwell on, but true. Because bacteria found in human waste is the beginning of the decomposition process to compound beneficial to the earth. To promote this break-down, instead of putting in chemicals try adding Septo-Bac or some agent that will speed up the process.
The RV companies should be doing more to promote “green” discharge of toilets. The good thing is that they are frantically trying to manufacture vehicles that burn less fuel.
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