This life-sized toilet bowl in the Stadshart has an important (large) message

In the Stadshart you can suddenly see a cool drawing on the Promenadeplein. You will see, among other things, a toilet bowl, a dirty diaper and a caked pan. Foreign! From a fixed point you can take a 3D photo with your mobile where it seems that someone is on the edge of the toilet bowl. Funny, but knows that there is an important (large) message behind this street drawing.

With the drawing, the municipality of Zoetermeer wants to draw attention to the Zoetermeerse sewer in a playful way. We all throw in so much junk that things get hidden too often. You may think: the municipality will solve that? That’s right, but a flooding toilet ensures a mess in the house and also costs you a lot of money. So pay attention!

You don’t throw that in the toilet, do you?

According to the municipality, there are too many sewerage constrents in Zoetermeer. Last year there were around 150 that are good for almost a million euros in repair costs. The blockages arise because Zoetermeerders throw materials in the sewer that do not belong in it. Think of damp wipes, diapers, tampons, sanitary pads and even clothing. But also frying fat, cat bucket pellets and cooking oil.

Cramming with wipes

With a blockage, municipal staff must remove the prop from the sewer system. A plug of damp toilet cloths, tampons and other antics can be 30 kilos. The sewage water no longer flows and walks back, causing the water to rise at your home. Just in the waste bin that junk!

A jar of fat

Do you bend old fat from the frying pan into the toilet bowl? Or do you rinse caked fat in the pan with hot water in the sink? Don’t do this, because the fat solidifies and hides the sewerage system. Consequences: the sink does not flow, the toilet flushes over … Therefore remove the fat from your frying pan with kitchen paper and throw it away in the garbage can. Used frying fat you pour back in the empty bottle. There are a lot in Zoetermeer delivery points For your used frying fat or sunflower oil.

Stand on the toilet bowl

Then returning to the street drawing: So you now know what the big message is of this artwork. If you are in the city center, take a funny 3D photo of yourself between the things, on the tile floor or on the edge of the toilet bowl. Watch out that you are not falling!

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