Hobby Excellent - 14.2 Possibilities for increasing loads

13. Waste disposal / environmental protection
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13.1 The environment and mobile travel
Environmentally sound use
By nature of their activities, caravan users bear a considerable re-
sponsibility towards the environment.
Therefore, you should always use your caravan in an environmentally
sound manner.
Rules for environmentally sound use
• Ifyouplanonspendingalongerperiodoftimeincitiesand
communities,ndoutinadvanceaboutspecialcampsitesfor
cars with trailers and use them.
• Donotinterferewiththequietudeandcleanlinessofnature.
• Disposeofwastewater,faecesandtrashproperly.
• Actasarolemodel,sothatcaravansarenotstereotypedas 
environmental polluters.
Rules for waste water disposal:
• Onlycollectwastewaterinthebuilt-intanksor,ifabsolutely
necessary, in similarly suitable containers!
• Neverdisposeofwastewateringreeneryoringullies!Street
sewer lines often do not lead to waste water treatment plants.
• Emptythewastewatertankasoftenaspossible,evenifitis
notyetfull(forhygienicreasons).Ifpossible,rinsethewaste 
watertankoutwithfreshwatereachtimeafteremptying.
Onlyemptythefaecestankatdesignatedsites,never
outintheopen!Disposalstationsaretypicallylocated
athighwayreststops,caravansitesorservicestations.
Rules for the disposal of faeces
• Onlyaddapprovedcleanerstothefaecestank.
Disposal
• Neverallowthefaecestanktobecometoofull.Emptythetank
immediately,atthelatestwhenthellindicatorlightsup.
• Neverdisposeofwastwateringullies!Street  
sewer lines often do not lead to waste water treatment plants.
The use of other cleaners can be avoided by the
installationofanactivecharcoalltersystem.
Applycleaninguidverysparingly.Excessiveappli-
cationdoesnotguaranteethepreventionofodour
build-up!
Onlyemptythefaecestankinthedesignatedareas,
not out in the open!