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The Composting Toilet System Book
The Composting Toilet System Book by David Del Porto and Carol Steinfield in 2000, covers a wide range of different options for installing a composting toilet in your home. This book is a must for anyone seriously installing a composting toilet in their home. The book goes into extensive detail on how to choose, install … Continue reading
Toilet Composting Basics
If you are considering purchasing a toilet composting system, it is likely you have many questions about how to choose, maintain and use your system. Here are some of the most common questions people ask when researching, installing and using a toilet composting system: What are composting toilets and how do they work? Composting toilets … Continue reading
Micro Flush and Vacuum Flush Composting Toilets
Most composting toilets developed to date have been “dry” in design, meaning they use no water to flush waste, thus helping preserve this valuable and rapidly diminishing global resource. Every year composting toilets prevent millions of gallons of water from being unnecessarily flushed away. But for some consumers, it has been difficult to adjust to … Continue reading
Clivus Multrum and Phoenix Composting Toilets
These week I am going to review two different composting toilet manufacturers with designs almost as unique as their names: Clivus Multrum and Phoenix. Clivus Multrum Composting Toilet System. “Clivus Multrum” refers to both a certain type of toilet composting system and the manufacturer of that system. Clivus mean “incline” in Latin, while “Multrum” is … Continue reading
Five Reasons You Should Use a Composting Toilet
If you are trying to decide between installing a flush toilet or a composting toilet in your home, consider the following five reasons why you should choose the composting toilet system: 1) Composting toilets help conserve valuable water resources. Flush toilet systems waste enormous amounts of clean drinking water each year. It is estimated that … Continue reading