Originally Posted by 706jim
I've noticed in the Caribbean that many countries have a dry wastebasket for toilet paper along side their toilets. I've always thought this to be unsanitary. As for marine toilets in the BVI not discharging any toilet paper...

Guess again.


The reason for the wastebasket is that some of the toilets discharge in the surrounding waters and they don’t want the toilet paper to be seen floating in the water in other cases it because the toilets are outhouses.