Building my own compost toilet – part 3 (with video)
In Part Two, I’d finished the compost toilet, but found the fan was quite noisy. In this final thrilling instalment I’ll show you how I addressed the noise issue and…
Building my own compost toilet – part 2
So in Part One, I ended the article with the realisation that a few mistakes had been made! No problem, I always knew this was a prototype and that learning by…
Making and installing a urine-diverting compost toilet, Part 1
When I started a business (no longer operating) back in 2012 selling Separett waterless toilets, I knew that I had to be a user of them too – only then,…
Shit Sandwich: Closing the food cycle
I know it’s a bit of an attention grabbing title, but bare with me. For many people, a compost toilet (perhaps dry or waterless toilet is a better word) is…
What can you do with humanure compost from your compost toilet?
So you installed a compost toilet. You’ve been using it for a while. You’ve been making compost and now, that compost is mature and ‘ready’ – what can you do…
Turning human waste into a resource
Waste is only waste when somebody wastes it… I love this short video by the Rich Earth Institute in Vermount, USA. Their main focus is turning human urine into fertilizer….
Reducing Nitrates from urine with a Woodchip Bioreactor
Allowing small amounts of urine to be discharged into the ground, through a soak-away pit, is the usual way of dealing with the urine output from urine-diverting compost toilets. In…
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…
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…
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, don’t need any cover material…