World toilet day 2020

This year the world toilet day was observed on 19^th November 2020 and its purpose was to promote safe sanitation and toilet facilities to roughly 4 billion people who are living without these basic amenities. This year’s theme is sustainable sanitation and climate change. Many of you wouldn’t have estimated that billions of people would be living without such facility but to be honest, these numbers are real.

How does climate change affects?

While one might think that climate change has nothing to do with the sanitation facility, however he/she might be extremely ignorant. Because climate change affects water supply in one way or another it has a direct link with sanitation. As water levels rise around the globe due to glaciers melting and sea temperatures rising both drinking water and sanitation facilities are in danger.

Motive of authorities

World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC), and United Nations (UN) all are working individually and collectively to improve access to safe and clean drinking water, basic sanitation facilities, and hand washing stations for practicing hand hygiene. All of these measures are interlinked and are in some way or another saving lives and improving quality of life by eradicating contagious viral and bacterial diseases.

Lack of basic sanitation facilities has led to countless deaths over the decades due to cross contamination. Bacteria and viruses transfer via oro-fecal route primarily when there are no hand washing and basic sanitation facilities helping the transmission. When people are unable to wash their hands pathogens thrive on the skin surface and when the same person eats or interacts with others, bacteria are transferred.

A safe sanitation system entails a clean toilet that effectively deals with human waste by first storing it in an appropriate manner and then transferring it to a larger tank which can then be emptied by authorities. Safe disposal of human waste and subsequent treatment also comes under the safe system. In order for all this to work, basic hygiene should be observed with respect to using toilets.

Clean toilets

On this world toilet day, rather than just advocating for provision of better sanitation facilities everyone should also try and speak for clean toilets too. Majorly in third world countries, there are public toilets but they aren’t being cleaned properly as it is required to clean these with bathroom cleaners. This ultimately leads to a buildup of grime and microorganisms which then cause different infectious diseases.

During such a time, when we are smack dab in the middle of a pandemic aka COVID-19, we should be following bathroom hygiene more than ever. This includes washing hands, cleaning surfaces with a surface cleaner, and generally keeping the toilet as clean as possible. Using a surface cleaner to clean different surfaces around the toilet is important because one doesn’t know which surfaces are contaminated as we can’t see germs with our naked eyes.

So let’s all come together this world toilet day to play each our parts for betterment of society and safety of our close ones. If you still have any questions, you can contact us right away. We’ll be more than happy to help you out.