Facts about Composting Toilets

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While these toilets have been on the market for decades now, there are still parts of the public that don't realize they even exist. This might be because the demand isn't nearly as high for these items as for the conventional toilet, but they actually work to serve many different purposes and have many positive points above what the conventional toilet can offer.

Benefits

These items are one of those that offer benefits to everyone not just the user. The owner saves money on water and sewage costs while gaining the benefit of making their own compost. The community benefits also with the savings of water costs and can even use the compost for its own purposes. The environment is saved from the dumping of so much sewage and from the interference of so many sewage lines and the maintenance that is required.

Installation

Perhaps one of the downfalls of these systems is the purchase and installation cost. To buy and install one of these systems, takes about $20,000 depending on the system of choice. Many people cannot afford this upfront cost and may forget about the long term savings that they incur from using it. This being said, for a person who is building a new home and has to install a new septic system anyway, the system for composting toilets runs between 25% and 75% less than the regular septic system. For these individuals, it is a savings all around.

Compost

Getting rid of the waste is not an issue with composting toilets as one might think. The end result is compost that has been divided into liquid and solid compost. A person may have to check local regulations concerning using liquid compost as fertilizer however the solid compost is like humus that feeds the ground gradually with the nutrients that it needs.

Sanitation

There might be a concern with the odor of these toilets, but that is in fact less of a problem than with conventional toilets because of the air and temperature control built into the devices. Also, there is virtually no clogging unless it has been overloaded. Since these composting toilets take very large capacities of waste, it is difficult to overload them.