down the drain

Previously, a single flush could send 5 to 7 gallons—an office watercooler’s worth of water—down the drain.

And down the drain would go their pursuit of a national championship, the first in the program’s history.

You don’t finish the milk by that date, of course, so you dutifully pour the remainder down the drain the day after.

Every year, about 350 million liters goes down the drain, costing businesses over A$580 million to dispose of it and wasting some of the resources it takes to make milk.

As you shower and brush your teeth, run your coffeemaker and water your houseplants, you’ll be reusing drops that only recently went down the drain.