Composting Toilets
Composting Toilet System Systems
Composting toilet systems (sometimes called biological toilets, dry toilets and waterless toilets) contain and control the composting of excrement, toilet paper, carbon additive, and, optionally, food wastes. Unlike a septic system a composting toilet system relies on unsaturated conditions (material cannot be fully immersed in water), where aerobic bacteria and fungi break down wastes, just as they do in a yard waste composter. Sized and operated properly, a composting toilet breaks down waste to 10 to 30 percent of its original volume. The resulting end-product is a stable soil-like material called "humus," which legally must be either buried or removed by a licensed seepage hauler in accordance with state and local regulations in the United States. In other countries, humus is used as a soil conditioner on edible crops.
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Many people now know about composting toilets, particularly those in the alternative movement who are quite familiar with composting in their gardens, and who understand the advantages of recycling and simplification of our needs.
But to the many others who have not really thought about where their sewage goes after flushing, the thought of composting their own waste is a little uncomfortable.
Objectionable questions are fired at you when you first introduce the concept to someone, and many persons leave the subject still thinking that a composting toilets is a old pit (outhouse) toilet, remembered unpleasantly from camping trips.
Well, composting toilets are far from being pit toilets! They range from simple twin chamber designs through to advanced systems with rotating tynes, temperature and moisture probes and electronic control systems.
They are effective biological converters of human and household "waste," saving money and energy for the person and community. They start the regeneration of the Earth's precious environment that is long overdue.
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Envirolet Composting Toilets
Envirolet Composting Toilets by Sancor are the environmental & economical solution for your cottage, cabin, home, RV, pool cabana, farm, yurt, basement, work shop, commercial application & more. Envirolet Toilet Systems use little or no water and do not burn, use chemicals or require a septic tank. North American made since 1977.
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Onsite Wastewater Demo Project- Composting Toilets
Composting toilets (also known as dry, biological, or waterless toilets) contains and processes excrement, toilet paper, carbon additive and sometimes food wastes. Unlike a septic system, a composting toilet relies on unsaturated conditions where aerobic bacteria break down wastes, just as they do in a yard waste composter. If sized and maintained properly, a composing toilet reduces its original volume by 70 to 90 percent. The end product is a soil-like material called humus. Although the humus is a very stable inert product it must be disposed of properly. Typically this is done by a licensed septage hauler in accordance with state and local regulations. Some areas allow for the disposal of the humus to be tilled into the ground in gardens growing non-edible plants.
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Sun Frost "Human Humus Machine" Composting Toilet
he Human Humus Machine produces high quality humus, which has the same appearance and aroma as high-quality topsoil. Heat-generating and pathogen-consuming microbes control pathogens in the finished compost.
The Human Humus Machine is available in a relatively low-cost kit form. The kit consists of all the parts necessary to convert two 55-gallon drums into a state-of-the-art composting toilet. The drums have a plastic liner to eliminate rusting. The kits are easy to assemble and can be completed in less than 2 hours. The installer would obtain the drums locally. We can also offer fully assembled units.
The Human Humus Machine is a batch-type CT. After the drum is full, the contents of the drum are allowed to sit for a number of months to complete the composting process. In non-batch type composters, newly deposited material can contaminate compost ready to be removed.
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