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 UK, specifically England and Wales, the Environment Agency, permits…
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…
I was often asked to help choose the most appropriate size of solar panel and battery to run the fan in an off-grid compost toilet. Where fitted, the fan in a compost toilet is used to extract odours and to…
Updated 27th March 2021 In a basic, simple compost toilet the perfect cover material does several things: adds carbon, which will work with the nitrogen in the faeces (and urine) to create a balanced mixture for subsequent composting in your…
If you have a DIY compost toilet or a ready-made one that doesn’t have a ventilation fan for odour control, then you’ll need to use a cover material and also add a ‘soak’ in the bottom of the solids container.…
