Category Archives: Composting Toilets FAQs
What Can Be Put In a Composting Toilet?
If you are considering purchasing a composting toilet, your primarily planned use of them is likely to dispose of your internal waste. This is what they are built for, after all, and if they are sized right and maintained properly they should be able to handle this “organic waste” excellently. For most toilet composting systems, … Continue reading
How Much Do Composting Toilets Cost?
When pricing a toilet composting system, you should keep in mind what the costs would be both long term and in comparison to a septic of sewage system. For example, most composting toilet systems will be between 25% to 75% less expensive than installing a septic system on your property. And that is just for … Continue reading
Where Can Composting Toilets be Used?
I recently submitted a post to an environmental discussion forum, asking members to review for me any composting toilet systems they might have in their home. Interestingly enough, the first response to this question was from a member who asked “Can they be used in homes? I thought composting toilets had to be used outdoors … Continue reading
What is Wrong with a Flush Toilet?
Flush toilets are a very modern invention, and for many countries, the development of a sewage system that can support the installation of flush toilets in nearly every household is one of the key criteria of being considered a fully developed and modernized nation. Flush toilets are associated with cleanliness and convenience in many parts … Continue reading
Are Composting Toilets Safe?
Composting toilets provide an important tool to deal with the ever growing problem of how to deal with human waste in a manner which is safe for the environment. When used correctly, composting toilets produce an end-product which is both odor-free and pathogen-free, and completely safe to use as a soil amendment. However, improperly composted … Continue reading