Here’s a list of the articles I’ve written.
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The Night Soil Man
Night Soil, is untreated, uncomposted human excrement (aka raw poo). It was commonly used as a fertiliser on farms in the United Kingdom until around 60 years ago. It’s still used in some countries today, but comes with health risks as raw…
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The simplest, cheapest and easiest compost toilet
Maybe you’re thinking about buying or building a compost toilet, but you’re not sure if you’re ready to make the leap and part with a lump of cash or spend a lot of time making something. What if you want to dip…
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What’s the best cover material for a compost toilet?
Updated October 2024 In a basic, simple compost toilet the perfect cover material does several things: Some compost toilets, typically urine-separating models with a fan, may not need any cover material at all according to the manufacturers (for example Separett Tiny, Separett…
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Compost toilet in a strawbale roundhouse
In 2017, I made a compost toilet for Janta and Merav, who have created a place called Karuna in Shropshire. Although they’ve been resident on the site since 2007, they managed to obtain planning permission to build a strawbale, green roof roundhouse (after…
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Three tiny holiday homes, three unique compost toilets…
Early in 2017, my business at that time (The Little House Company/Eco-Loo) was contacted by an existing customer about a new project they were about to start. They were building three ‘tiny homes’ as holiday rentals and as they would be off-grid,…
