Travelling 101; #6: The TP bin

The scatological theme continues...

Despite being a continent of rainforests, glaciers and the biggest river in the world, South America (and most of Asia for that matter) does not seem to possess enough water to propel toilet paper down a flush toilet. Yes despite the native toilet paper's flimsy nature (some people would rant about that too), most toilets seem incapable of getting enough water up to such a velocity that 4 grammes of paper would be successfully carried to the sewerage system/hole out the back of the house.

So to combat such hydrologically challenged toilets, the owners of establishments containing WCs have thoughtfully provided clients with a bin for the used toilet paper. A TP bin if you will. The bin comes in many shapes and sizes and normally possess a lid, but unfortunately not always. It is by and large also situated near the WC, but again can sometimes be found in random other locations.

In communal toilets in large restaurants or hostels the bin can become rather overflowing and there is nothing quite like a hungover early morning trip to the toilet (which can be rather often as you will have read in Travelling 101; #3) only to find a big open garbage can of brownish TP staring right back at you...