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| ## What are compost toilets? | ## What are compost toilets? | ||
| - | Compost toilets are dry or waterless toilets, i.e. they don't use water to take the waste somewhere else. They allow natural processes to produce useful [compost](http:// | + | Compost toilets are dry or waterless toilets, i.e. they don't use water to take the waste somewhere else. They allow natural processes to produce useful [compost](/cpst/ |
| **DIY compost loos** | **DIY compost loos** | ||
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| Compost loos don’t have to be outdoors; if done properly, there will be no smells, and an indoor toilet will be more convenient in the winter. | Compost loos don’t have to be outdoors; if done properly, there will be no smells, and an indoor toilet will be more convenient in the winter. | ||
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| Henry Moule’s earth closet almost became the standard Western toilet in the 19th century. | Henry Moule’s earth closet almost became the standard Western toilet in the 19th century. | ||
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| - Saves water – you don’t have to use one resource (pure drinking water) to flush away another (fertiliser). | - Saves water – you don’t have to use one resource (pure drinking water) to flush away another (fertiliser). | ||
| - | - Organic matter is allowed to go back to the [soil](http:// | + | - Organic matter is allowed to go back to the [soil](/soil/soil) where it belongs, improving soil structure and nutrition. |
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| - | [Waterless urinal](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/ | + | [Waterless urinal](/watr/water) with a HepvO valve - the simplest way to convert a conventional urinal to a waterless one. |
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| **Other benefits** | **Other benefits** | ||
| - | - No chemical [cleaners](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/ | + | - No chemical [cleaners](/ |
| - They don’t contribute to the sewage sludge that is often dumped in landfill, or more controversially, | - They don’t contribute to the sewage sludge that is often dumped in landfill, or more controversially, | ||
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| ## What can I do? | ## What can I do? | ||
| - | First, learn as much as you can. Here's our [free online course](http:// | + | |
| **Installing a compost toilet** | **Installing a compost toilet** | ||
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| - | [Waterless urinals](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/ | + | [Waterless urinals](/watr/water) work well with compost toilets, as urine can be used as a completely-pathogen-free fertiliser, and it stops the compost toilet from becoming too wet. Waterless urinals can be adapted for female use too. Some compost toilets are designed to separate urine from solids. |
| If your toilet is going to be used by people unfamiliar with compost loos, you might want to put up a [notice explaining how to use it](https:// | If your toilet is going to be used by people unfamiliar with compost loos, you might want to put up a [notice explaining how to use it](https:// | ||
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| - | ## Free online course | ||
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| - | Here's our [free online course](http:// | ||
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| ## Further resources | ## Further resources | ||
| + | - [free online course](http:// | ||
| + | - [Humanure Handbook](https:// | ||
| + | - [New Scientist](https:// | ||
| + | - [Build your own compost toilet](https:// | ||
| + | - [Greywater Action](https:// | ||
| + | - [Survival of Fecal Coliforms in Dry-Composting Toilets](https:// | ||
| + | - [Earth & Orchard toilet plans](https:// | ||
| + | - [Compost toilets on boats](https:// | ||
| + | - [Henry Moule' | ||
| - | ## Specialist(s) | ||
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| - | ![patrick-boylan](https:// | ||
| - | Patrick Boylan has had a long-term interest in the environment. A graduate of the Trinity College Dublin Botany Department in 1998, he founded [Toilet Revolution](http:// | ||
| - | ![](https:// | + | ## Specialist curators of this topic |
| - | Cordelia Rowlatt of [Vallis Veg](http:// | ||
| - | _Date on Lowimpact: | ||