Composting toilet

**SarzWix** · 06-01-2009, 12:55 AM

The only sensible info I've ever seen about them is in John Seymour's Self Sufficiency book Mikey. I think you'd be able to borrow it from the library if you don't want to buy it?

**Mcbee** · 06-01-2009, 08:29 AM

Having used them in nepal - i don't think you seperate them and I'm not sure why you would. Is there a specific reason?

We just used it like a normal toilet and then tipped some grass cuttings / straw on top. Seemed to work fine - bit "gamey" but i suppose that goes with the territory!

**Two_Sheds** · 06-01-2009, 09:43 AM

CAT (centre for alternative technology) do courses on sanitation, but they aren't cheap. http://www2.cat.org.uk/shortcourses/...urses_2008.pdf

I stayed at a Wwoofers place in Looe, Cornwall that had composting toilets ... they explained to us how they were built and how they work, so maybe treat yourself to a weekend in Cornwall? Although I'm sure there are Welsh ones on here too: How WWOOF works

**Mikey** · 06-01-2009, 10:01 PM

Cheers peeps, you tube is a wonderous thing, I found plenty of composting toilet vids there. I also found a number of councils which had put them onto allotment sites, the waste can be used for compost on non food within 12 months. I think I'll be recommending that our council introduce them, save me peeing in the comfrey bucket, and scaring the neighbours.

**Digger-07** · 06-01-2009, 10:09 PM

Dick Strawbridge in his "not easy being green" series build a composting toilet and had a metal plate under the seat at the front to catch the 1's. It ran out to a drum at the outside.

**Mikey** · 06-01-2009, 10:17 PM

Why didn't I think about checking his forum, d'oh!!, he's class, although appearances are never very high on the agenda. Take his tush for example!!

**pigletwillie** · 07-01-2009, 09:58 AM

We are having one installed at our allotment site and have just been granted planing permission. The system seperates the liquid away from the solids and this drains away via a soakaway, basically a big trench filled with gravel.

**SarzWix** · 07-01-2009, 10:02 AM

That's interesting, because I was under the impression from Seymour's book that the liquid was needed for the nitrogen, to assist the actual composting?
*hobbles off to fish out Seymour book...

di · 07-01-2009, 11:47 AM

I've just had a look at the Seymour one~it's called a Thunderbox,if that's any help with your googling?
My sis's FIL in Turkey just digs little holes around his orange trees,fills them with his waste,covers it over & starts a new one!
Also I remember a programme a couple of years ago where a woman used to go to peoples houses & empty their bins & try to find ways to help them cut their household waste~sure she used & showed how to make a compostable loo also,but said it was only advisable to use if you followed a veggie diet??(sorry,can't remember what the programme was called)

**Mikey** · 07-01-2009, 01:44 PM

The waste is not recommended for food, but only because it takes a long time to break down. There is no problem with it being used for flowers or your borders. I think that if all allotment sites had these on them, we could help the councils with fertilising our villages and towns. It would be quite interesting if a village became best kept village thanks to the fertiliser produce from composting toilets.

**pigletwillie** · 07-01-2009, 05:01 PM

This is the company our allotment site is using

NATSOL Compost Toilets for allotments and remote sites. Wheelchair accessible.

**3fat-hens** · 20-02-2014, 04:43 PM

Wheelie Bin Compost Toilet

We've been looking for a compost toilet for our campsite and came across this one from Free Range Designs that seems like really good value: Bog Standard Composting Toilet
Does anyone have any experience of using a wheelie bin for collecting human waste? Sounds wonderfully simple if it works.

**Nicos** · 20-02-2014, 07:54 PM

my daughter lives off grid and has made a wooden toilet and shower with a woodburning water heater for her bath for less than �400.
That site is waaaaaaaay too expensive.

**veggiechicken** · 20-02-2014, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by 3fat-hens View Post

We've been looking for a compost toilet for our campsite and came across this one from Free Range Designs that seems like really good value: Bog Standard Composting Toilet
Does anyone have any experience of using a wheelie bin for collecting human waste? Sounds wonderfully simple if it works.

You could buy hundreds of wheelie bins for the price of that toilet

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