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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

Build a Composting Toilet: Information and Plans

How to Build a Composting Toilet If you are looking for a way to lessen your ecological footprint and participate positively in solutions to improve the environment, then you should seriously consider switching from a flush toilet to a composting toilet system.  Flush toilets waste enormous amounts of water each year, but composting toilets operate … Continue reading

Composting Toilet Reviews: Sun-Mar versus BioLet Composting Toilets

It is difficult to find honest reviews on the internet of composting toilets. Many articles presenting information about different composting toilet brands are actually written by the manufacturers or retailers of these popular composting toilet brands.  This is one reason I decided to found this website (toilet-composting.com) – to provide unbiased information and reviews about … Continue reading

What are the Environmental Benefits of Composting Toilets?

If you are considering purchasing a composting toilet system, you are probably interested in the environmental benefits composting toilets offer in comparison to flush toilet systems. Composting toilets do offer significant environmental advantages when compared to flush toilet systems. Here are five of the most important environmental benefits of switching from a flush toilet to … Continue reading

Types of Toilet Composting Systems

Toilet composting systems generally require the following features: – a container (often called a “reactor”) where the composting process takes place – some type of exhaust system (often fan-powered) that will help remove water vapor, carbon dioxide and any odors resulting from the composting process – some manner in which oxygen is supplied to the … Continue reading