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DIY urine diverting compost toilet in my shed
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Building my own compost toilet – part 3 (with video)

ByeCraftsmen November 5, 2024April 7, 2025

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…

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Building my own compost toilet – part 2
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Building my own compost toilet – part 2

ByeCraftsmen October 8, 2024April 7, 2025

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…

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DIY urine diverting compost toilet in my shed
Compost Toilets | Simple Living

Making and installing a urine-diverting compost toilet, Part 1

ByeCraftsmen October 1, 2024May 12, 2025

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,…

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Shit Sandwich: Closing the food cycle
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Shit Sandwich: Closing the food cycle

ByeCraftsmen February 16, 2024

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…

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Humanure compost from the authors compost toilet, composting away
Compost Toilets

What can you do with humanure compost from your compost toilet?

ByeCraftsmen January 4, 2024January 8, 2024

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…

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Turning human waste into a resource
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Turning human waste into a resource

ByeCraftsmen October 18, 2023December 9, 2023

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….

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woodchip for use in a bio reactor to reduce nitrates
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Reducing Nitrates from urine with a Woodchip Bioreactor

ByeCraftsmen August 8, 2023August 8, 2023

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…

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The Night Soil Man
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The Night Soil Man

ByeCraftsmen November 3, 2021April 7, 2025

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…

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Simple bucket compost toilet
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The simplest, cheapest and easiest compost toilet

ByeCraftsmen June 28, 2021December 9, 2023

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…

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Wood shavings as a cover material for compost toilet
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What’s the best cover material for a compost toilet?

ByeCraftsmen October 1, 2020October 1, 2024

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…

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