A diy composting toilet takes human waste and dry material such as sawdust crushed leaves or wood ash and composts it with straw at a high heat to kill potential pathogens.
Diy composting toilet with urine separator.
If you are interested we recently reviewed the best composting toilets for indoor use.
We build our diy composting toilet complete with urine diverter.
This works very well but it can be annoying for ladies to have to switch from one bucket to the other.
But it s created with a rubber tub in the bottom.
A picture of the ecovita urine diverting toilet seat with lid.
It s wrapped up in a nice little wooden box package to make the toilet look a little nicer in your tiny bathroom.
Benefits of urine separation.
Less use of absorbent material.
No black water disposal.
The mainstream marketed composting toilet is expensive large and frankly not very attracti.
The basic diy composting toilet.
I am happy that it came in so quickly.
To a very small bathroom with a composting toilet and running rain water sink and shower.
Separates urine for easier disposal no foul mess.
This goes below the seat of the composting toilet.
You can simply dump the urine in your yard since it is sanitary.
You can buy a urine diverting toilet seat for about 100 to 200.
Building a compost toilet is a good way to take refuse and turn it into a resource.
I like the separation unit idea because i believe that urine creates a lot of stink.
Most compost toilets have urine diverters but composting toilets are really expensive so i wouldn t recommend them as your emergency toilet unless you can afford it.
Disposal is simple by emptying bucket or compostable bag.
It looks to be an inexpensive option for a composting toilet.
At the end of the process you are left with sweet smelling clean and hygenic compost.
It funnels urine into a separate collection chamber.
His extended edge prevents any liquid to go in between the bucket and the separator.
Posted on february 24 2012 by laura.
Urine separator shop now handmade porcelan urine diverter for diy composting toilet learn more marcel is our basic model convenient for different shapes and dimensions of the chambers marcel shop now view all floran is specially designed for bucket toilets.
2 is dried by evaporation and absorption by composting medium.
If you don t want to spend 100 for the special urine diverting toilet seat you can make your own.
Building a urine separating composting toilet.