Tag Archives: toilet composting
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
What is Humanure and What Can I Do With It?
If you are exploring composting toilets or other forms of alternative waste systems, it is likely that you have already come across the term “humanure” being used, but not defined. What is Humanure? Humanure is a neologism (a newly coined word becoming more popular in common speech, but not fully accepted into mainstream language) that … 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
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