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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
Top Five Questions about Composting Toilets
If you are just learning about composting toilets, you are likely to have a lot of questions regarding what they are, how they operate and more. Here are some of the top questions people commonly ask about composting toilets: Q) What are Composting Toilets? A) Like a compost pile or a compost bin, composting toilets … Continue reading
Homemade and Manufactured Compost Toilets Compared
If you are looking for a compost toilet for your home, you can choose between two main options: either build a compost toilet on your own, or purchase a manufactured one. There are important similarities and differences between these two different types of composting toilets, and advantages and disadvantages for each model. Similarities between Homemade … Continue reading
Envirolet and EcoTech Carousel Composting Toilets
Envirolet and EcoTech are two popular manufacturers of toilet composting systems. In this article I discuss and compare the different composting toilets that both these manufacturers currently have on the market. Envirolet is a Canadian based company manufacturering composting toilets since 1977 (they have distributors in the United States and Europe as well). Sancor Industries … Continue reading
History of Composting Toilets
It can be argued that humans have been composting human waste since time immemorial. However, in terms of when the first composting toilets were developed, the history is a little murky. There are several competing claims, and the history of composting toilets is likely to be revised over time. For a long time, it was … Continue reading