Category Archives: Composting Toilet Basics
Composting Toilet Types: Remote and Self-Contained Units Compared
Recently, more and more people have become interested in installing a compost toilet in their home. Compost toilets have many environmental and financial advantages: they help conserve water, they help reduce the possibility of sewage or groundwater pollution, they eliminate the costs associated with maintaining sewers and septic systems, and their end product is actually … Continue reading
Common Problems with Manufactured Composting Toilets
Manufactured composting toilets are wonderful in many ways: they save water, produce a valuable end product that benefits the environment, lessen pollution and can even save on money (despite their initial costs). When installed and used properly they should be completely odorless and produce rich, fully composted humus that is easy to remove from the … Continue reading
Composting Toilet Basics Index
If you are researching composting toilets, you may find some of the information in the “Composting Toilet Basics” section of this website useful. Here is an index of the articles you can find here: Getting a Compost Toilet Approved. The most difficult aspect of placing a composting toilet in your home is likely going to … Continue reading
Getting a Composting Toilet Approved
The most difficult aspect of placing a composting toilet in your home is likely going to be gaining approval and permit by local city officials. Unfortunately, there are no national guidelines and approval of composting toilet systems are generally done on a city by city basis. Local health officials in many regions may be extremely … Continue reading
Ecological Sanitation and Composting Toilets
Ecological sanitation is a new, and still emerging, paradigm for dealing with human and household waste in a manner that is beneficial for the environment. Sometimes referred to as EcoSan or Eco-San, one of the primary tenants of this paradigm is that human and household “waste” is actually a valuable resource instead of a waste … Continue reading