sink-grey water to toilet scenario

[MR GUS]

Somebody recently mentioned japanese sink to toilet grey water recycling, something i'd be keen to move with when I renovate (yeah yeah mrs Gus), it's a pokey downstairs shower room, sink & loo.

 Due to the  reduced size of the majority of hand basins in rooms like this, I was contemplating sourcing a small oblong sink that'd fill a good wedge of the windowsill space (though might be a bit close to the loo)
But I'd feel a lot better knowing that i'd looked at all the options before doing "the norm"
I get the gist of minimum distance separation of grey v reg water to a cistern & would like to see whats done regards water from sink to toilet cistern, as it doesn't bother me (asides from wastage)

 Or am I better off bunging a 1000 IB a few feet away under the ground & diverting shower water to the container instead of the reg drain as it's doing now & using that method, basically housewrecking is a no no till other aspirations are realised, i've saved a  good amount of money on taps & various plumbing bits by way of getting them from my auction house, so the counter argument to mrs gus is obvious!
we're on a meter, I like showers, long ones through very low pressure mains (so not all bad) & use the Thomas Crapper ALOT (bad guts), also loo is full flush because of back up problems (local sewerage pipes, next doors tree roots etc) which if not dealt with via a reg flush requires just as much played via a hose to clear blockages.
If I re-use it I reckon it'll be just about self sustaining.
Our conservatory roof down pipe ias conveniently located too, as well as a void roughly where I think it'd go
,are there any regs as to how near / far away from footings it'd be allowed to go or problems with it being within a few feet of a back door?

[Northbridge]

this might sound dumb, but the shower water is going out with all sorts of soap and scum (no offense) in it.  Is this either going to kack up any filtration very quickly or similarly spell the death/service of the filling valve in the bog as it's got bits of toe jam in it.

I don't know what i'm talking about, but if I was doing this at my house (and we ARE planning a full eco refit) I'd need those answers. 

I can't say to my kids "go next door and get a shower before you come in here and get a shower".  They've only just got the concept that witches do not live under the bed.  Mostly.

[MR GUS]

for a shower water connection i'd be looking at a proper removable maintenance filter set.
but for just an initial cloakroom sink i'd probably "see" then retro-fit a small (& if available) filter as it'd be running straight into the downstairs loo

[David]

Basin and shower "waste" water can be recycled to a toilet. The best way of doing so is via plants, which can be edible and/or decorative.

<http://www.sci-scotland.org.uk/consultancy.shtml> "The Earthship Toolkit" is well worth the money and contains drawings/photographs of this and other things.

[rust]

http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2006/04/toilet_lid_sink.html

What abolut a sink toilet cobi unit?
Iv seen more infor but bthis seems to be all I can find now

[bernie]

Hey fellas, why go to all that expense of fancy gadetry, for many many years now I have practised the old addidge of if its yellow let it mellow, and if its brown flush it down, and I use buckets, when having a shower I put a large bucket in the bath and stand over or beside it and as I am showering the water go's in it , a bucket full of water to flush the toilet, the washing up bowl of water go's into a bucket, I have barrels on 3 gutter down pipes, & one of those big plastic 1000 litre tanks on a pallet allso being filled from the gutters, this gives me pleanty of water for both toilet and veg plot, so my water bill is only about £50-00 a year, and being on a sceptic tank I do not have that cost, and if you do all the right things you don't even have to have it emptied, havn't had it emptied since 1988, It was a bit of a game convincing my partner that it was a good idea when she came to live with me but hey it was allready up and running for years, Bernie

[Mister Sheen]

and being on a sceptic tank

......is that one that's full of disbelieving people!!!!!!

[MrBean]

Well you have stopped using drinking water for flushing poo, but see http://weblife.org/humanure to  stop flushing