BrumBargee

Can't say I agree with the sentiment but the quality of the poetry is undeniable!

There has been a lot of discussion about the rules, regulations and contractual obligations around waste on here, but there needs to be a degree of realism applied particularly when it comes to changing people's behaviour. Are people who have spent £500+ on a dry toilet (at a time when CRT openly permitted bag and bin) about to rip them out and go back to Elsan/Pump-out at further cost? No, and I don't blame them. Could you introduce rules against bagging and binning? Yes. Could you enforce it? Almost certainly no (unless you have people willing to tear open every black bin bag looking for treasure). Banning all dry toilets on boats is not the answer either - aside from difficulty enforcing it, it would be akin to using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. I know the age-old toilet debate is one as old as recreational boating itself, but let's not forget we are all boaters and all want the best for the waterways, regardless of what type of toilet we use. These are not insurmountable problems if we work together, but looking down your nose at other boaters because they happen to have a different toilet to yours is not helpful. People with dry toilets are not some secret underground group looking to undermine the rules, they were sold them as a legitimate (in the eyes of CRT until recently) choice of toilet for their boat. It's no use looking for one single party to blame for the situation because there isn't one. The way forward should be a pragmatic one that considers all factors involved.