Diversey Water Less Urinal Program
Rupali Gupta
Manager Quality Assurance
McDonald’s India
Kapil Arora
Senior Sector Manager
Diversey Care, a division of Sealed Air
Opportunity The World Bank estimates that India will exhaust
its fresh water by 2050 at the current rate of consumption.
Furthermore, according to a May 2012 article in Live Mint, the
government admitted to not being able to provide a minimum of 40
liters/day/person – the minimum requirement, per global standards.
Still, people around the world flush toilets and urinals with potable
water, and it is estimated that up to 20 percent of the world’s
available drinking water is flushed down the drain.
Solution The average toilet uses anywhere from 1 to 3 gallons (3.7
to 11.3 liters) of water for each flush, a number typically abbreviated
as GFP or gallons per flush. In India, water flow is generally adjusted
at 2.5 liters per flush. Diversey Care, a division of Sealed Air, and
McDonald’s India (North and East), introduced the “Diversey Water
Less Urinal Program” in 70 outlets with washrooms in northern
parts of India to ensure that water consumption per outlet per year
is reduced to only 2 kiloliters, or 528 gallons.
Diversey Care and McDonald’s India (West and South) are also
testing this application.
Results It is estimated that McDonald’s India, through the
“Diversey Water Less Urinal Program,” saved approximately
6,380 kiloliters, or 1,700,000 gallons, of water from going down
the drain in McDonald’s restaurants (North and East) in a
twelve-month period.