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Queen Elizabeth I

Toilet design is still stuck in Elizabethan times — we can flush with success using just one or two litres

Our Burning Planet

Toilet design is still stuck in Elizabethan times — we can flush with success using just one or two litres

By Sudhir Pillay and Akin Akinsete