Advice wanted - grey waste

We had exactly the same dilemma today after our first ever trip away in a motorhome. We were not sure of the protocol or enviromental impact of this so rather than dumping it somewhere in a North-West Highland layby we ended up bringing it home and letting it go on our own gravel drive...
My thoughts were if anyone passing saw us letting this go at the side of they road would only assume the worst.... and we didnt want to give anyone any more ammo to attack us wild campers with! Saw a few unoccupied campervans parked in passing places today....
 
We where at the Burghley Horse Trials today and a large modern Motorhome drove off across the middle of the site straight through the crowds with his waste pipe open. :mad1:

Richard
 
I never seem to have an issue with grey waste. If I am wilding on grass or none Tarmac I'll tend to park along a hedge or at the side and just leave it open. All washing up water I would chuck in a hedge so all that drips out of the grey pipe is shower or washing water and it doesn't get chance to stink as its straight onto the grass.

Failing that I'll just pull over in a quiet lane and dump it in the UK or at a service point or drain in mainland Europe. It's just hardly ever an issue
 
i can't be arsed to read this thread, guarantee there's nothing new here.never heard the phrase till i came on this site. built a lot of vans in my time and never felt the urge to fit a waste tank- who on earth would want to store odd amounts of washing up water or shower water? it isn't some sort of deadly chemical ,poison or liquid sh-it for god's sake. i can understand[kind of] if you were on a camp site and didn't want to offend the sensibilities of the prissy denizens of the place, that you might stick your outlet into a container, but surely leaving a few tea leaves and carrot scrapings for the local hedgehog population isn't that bad
and if anyone comes up with that old chestnut' people might think we're dumping wee or poo', then let them think that, they're obviously a bit thick
 
The horses had little choice or understanding nor where they dumping their waste where everyone was walking.

Richard
 
n brown said:
i can't be arsed to read this thread, guarantee there's nothing new here.never heard the phrase till i came on this site. built a lot of vans in my time and never felt the urge to fit a waste tank- who on earth would want to store odd amounts of washing up water or shower water? it isn't some sort of deadly chemical ,poison or liquid sh-it for god's sake. i can understand[kind of] if you were on a camp site and didn't want to offend the sensibilities of the prissy denizens of the place, that you might stick your outlet into a container, but surely leaving a few tea leaves and carrot scrapings for the local hedgehog population isn't that bad
and if anyone comes up with that old chestnut' people might think we're dumping wee or poo', then let them think that, they're obviously a bit thick
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A little grey water on rough pasture is going to water and fertilise it. A family dumping all their waste for a couple of weeks can leave an all mighty stink. Those that behave in such a manner often do leave a lot more than just smelly water behind.

Richard
 
So on a trial of two, you must be correct? The fact that my local council has to spend huge amounts of money tidying up after "wild campers". The stench and mess, unbelievable.

As a person who has tent camped on sites for about forty years on and off I can tell you that the water used for cooking and cleaning left to discharge from a motorhome over time can create a very unpleasant environment for the campers around and those that follow. Would it really hurt you to dump it in the hedge where it would do nothing but good.

Richard
 
Tbear said:
So on a trial of two, you must be correct? The fact that my local council has to spend huge amounts of money tidying up after "wild campers". The stench and mess, unbelievable.

As a person who has tent camped on sites for about forty years on and off I can tell you that the water used for cooking and cleaning left to discharge from a motorhome over time can create a very unpleasant environment for the campers around and those that follow. Would it really hurt you to dump it in the hedge where it would do nothing but good.

Richard
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to be fair, that's kind of what we do. we once lived in a bus ,unmoving for a couple of years. when the waste drained away it was fine, but once a puddle formed, in winter,it began to honk a bit !,so now we'll drop washing and shower water but washing up is done in a bowl and the dirty water is emptied into the undergrowth.
obviously you have to act according to circumstances
 
theres room for both arguments , a lot depends on what the grey water is contaminated with. for example a cereal bowl and tea cup arnt going to produce the same grey water as a full english with bacon, sausage etc.

i did hear theres some that dont bother washing up at all ... the dog polishes everything.
 
I was scared off when I saw the thread title, I thought it was going
to be about how to deal with anyone over 60. Now that I've dared to look
I see it's far worse than that ......grey waste water and how to deal with
it, how novel :p
 
Update I've improved my mod to the waste pipe by fitting a clamp and bracket to the chassis.
John?

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