Eco-friendly RO plumbing?

[barnett8]

How could you plumb an RO unit so it doesn't waste the 'waste water?' I have heard of plumbing them into a washing machine, and using it to wash clothes. How would you do that?

Any other eco-friendly ideas you can think of are welcome.

Thanks.

 

[bj32482]

I water my trees with it...not the best thing in eco terms

 

[LTCrunch]

run a line into the washing mashine. you may need a lot of tubing but it would work

 

[AZDesertRat]

Make sure you washer will hold it all, you make 10 gallons you waste 40 and thats a lot of water on the floor if the tub doesn't hold that much.
I bought a new Spectrapure MaxCap UHE and am only wasting one gallon for every two I make now, can't beat that!

 

[all-apologies]

all of my wastewater gets pumped into a 40 gal garbage can outside. It has a constant siphon pvc on it, which i use to fill buckets and stuff to water trees. Use it for gardens, washing cars etc...

 

[skeeter-doc]

set up a freshwater central american or african cichlid tank, they love the hard water that comes out of the waste line

 

[Bebo77]

i bought a soaker hose from Lowes... water my entire yard with it...