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Waste is automatically wrapped and sealed in our proprietary bagging material during a flush and then hidden in a lined receptacle under the seat. When it's time, simply lift out the liner bag containing all the wrapped waste, tie it off, and put it in the bin. You will never see or smell the waste at any time.
Our patented bagging system works using a cartridge that holds one mylar bag underneath the toilet seat that is more than 5 meters long. When you “flush” the toilet, the vacuum, the fan and the electric motor work together to wrap the waste and pull down a fresh bag from the 5 meter cartridge. There are about 15 “flushes” in each 5 meter long cartridge bag, but using pee-powder (explained below), many users get between 25 and 30 "uses" per 5 meter cartridge bag.
Laveo Pee Powder is a non-toxic, biodegradable powder that turns your urine into a gel while deodorising it at the same time. This means that you don’t have to flush the toilet every time, and you save money because you’re not using as many bags. Instead of getting 15 flushes per bagging cartridge, you can now get up to 30 "uses", potentially cutting your bag costs in half.
Just sprinkle a small amount (no more than a tea-spoon) into the bowl before you urinate, and within two minutes your urine will be an odourless gel that won't slosh around or create any smell
The toilet is:
12.5KG
464 mm high
407 mm wide
508 mm deep
A red line appears on the inside of the bagging material that is in the bowl when it has about two more flushes. We recommend that you make the last use of the bag the one where you first see that red line and then change the cartridge.
When you reach the end of the 5 meter mylar bag that is contained in the plastic cartridge (as explained above), simply lift off the toilet seat so that the cartridge is now the only thing above the bowl (which will be clean and empty). Gently pull the remaining bagging material from plastic cartridge and let it fall into the receptacle along with the rest of the wrapped waste parcels. The plastic rim will now be untethered and able to be put into a recycle bin. This will make perfect sense when you have your own toilet.
The bags are made of the same stuff that packages a wide range of everyday food items that most us consume daily.
Chocolate bars, nuts, chips, crackers, energy bars, and loads more ALL use mylar to preserve the freshness of the goods inside and all end up in the same place as these bags, landfill.
Sometimes people get "a bit funny" about these bags forgetting that when they go camping now, they dispose of loads of food packets and other products that use the same material without a second thought.
Naturally, we would love NOT to use mylar, but much like the food industry, mylar packaging serves an essential purpose. In this case, all biodegradable products that we've tested do not hold the waste well enough for waste management.
The other part of this is poo going into bins. It sounds gross, but only because this is a new product to the UK and Europe.
Many people forget that every day more than 5,000,000 dogs are walked and all of their poop is put straight into council bins.
Then there are an estimated 2,000,000,000 (2 BILLION) disposable nappies containing human poop that go into bins.
As a matter of comparison, a DryFlush cartridge that manages 30 toilet events weighs 169 grams as opposed to a disposable nappy with the same toilet capacity weighing 1,500 grams, nearly 900% more mass.
Its been tested to 225kg.
This is always a possibility, but don’t worry. No damage has been done. The receptacle that is normally lined with a plastic bag will just need to be emptied and cleaned.
This is the best thing about the Laveo! It took over two years of full-time testing and development to get there but today, thanks to the proprietary barrier material and the patented bagging system that works using a combination of fans, a vacuum and electric motor, all smell is completely locked in after each flush. Not only that, once “flushed” you will never see the waste again either. When this toilet is emptied, it’s really empty. There is nothing to create a cumulative or lingering “dirty toilet” odour. All surfaces that come in contact with waste are discarded in the double-layered barrier bag.
The battery will last for a couple of months.
Just wipe the exterior with a damp cloth. All surfaces that contact waste are discarded when you change the refill.
We do sell a mounting plate that is very easy to install. The mounting kit enables you to slide the toilet in and out easily as well, so you can still move it around if needed.
The wattage of the toilet is 10.35 watts, very minimal!