{"id":5151,"date":"2014-01-18T18:04:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T01:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/?p=5151"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T17:35:44","slug":"guide-composting-toilets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/homesteading-today\/guide-composting-toilets\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Composting Toilets &#8211; How to Use and Maintain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With more and more people searching for ways to become more eco-friendly, composting toilets are a popular way to start in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>Becoming environment friendly requires more than just buying energy saving bulbs or trying to recycle everything made of plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Taking care of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2008\/oct\/05\/ethical.dilemma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">human sanitation in an eco-friendly<\/a> way is also a very effective way of going green.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/homesteading-today\/guide-composting-toilets\/#How_Does_a_Composting_Toilets_Work\" title=\"How Does a Composting Toilets Work?\">How Does a Composting Toilets Work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/homesteading-today\/guide-composting-toilets\/#Why_Use_a_Composting_Toilet\" title=\"Why Use a Composting Toilet?\">Why Use a Composting Toilet?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/homesteading-today\/guide-composting-toilets\/#Maintaining_a_Composting_Toilet\" title=\"Maintaining a Composting Toilet\">Maintaining a Composting Toilet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_a_Composting_Toilets_Work\"><\/span>How Does a Composting Toilets Work?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Guide to Composting Toilets\" src=\"https:\/\/aswetravel.smugmug.com\/RTL\/RTL\/i-wFVnrSK\/0\/M\/114202286_03a98b0650-M.jpg\" alt=\"Guide to Composting Toilets\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guide to Composting Toilets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dry and composting toilets utilize a natural process, one that requires no chemicals and very little water.<\/p>\n<p>This is a way to turn human waste into something that can be used to improve the soil&#8217;s quality of being more nutritious to the plants.<\/p>\n<p>A composting toilet uses an aerobic process to decompose and process the waste.<\/p>\n<p>This requires little to no water and absolutely no chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>In order to support the aerobic process the materials used are peat moss and sawdust.<\/p>\n<p>These absorb the liquid and reduce the odor.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Use_a_Composting_Toilet\"><\/span>Why Use a Composting Toilet?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are many benefits of a composting toilet that can be beneficial to the environment and yourself such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They greatly help to reduce the amount of water used<\/li>\n<li>More fresh water is saved that usually would have gone to waste with the waste<\/li>\n<li>Great for the environment as no chemicals are required to dispose the waste<\/li>\n<li>Can be used anywhere because they do not require water supply<\/li>\n<li>Save money as you won&#8217;t require any plumbing<\/li>\n<li>Take it with you when going camping or hiking<\/li>\n<li>It adds a natural aspect to your life, the cycle of reusing and not wasting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Maintaining_a_Composting_Toilet\"><\/span>Maintaining a Composting Toilet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The most important thing you have to do when using a composting toilet is never to add anything that is likely to kill microbes that are important for breaking down waste.<\/p>\n<p>This requires that you do not add any cleaning agents or chemicals such as bleach and ammonia products.<\/p>\n<p>These artificial chemicals destroy the beneficial bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of these, you need to use water and baking soda.<\/p>\n<p>The mixture of these two will help the microbes do a better job at their breaking down the waste and not destroying anything beneficial in the waste.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of people who like flushing things down the drain. Make sure you or anyone using it never does that.<\/p>\n<p>A composting toilet&#8217;s sole purpose is to process human excretion and nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>Flushing down old medicine and antibiotics will kill the bacteria and harm the microbes that are necessary in breaking down the waste.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone in the family has been using antibiotic medicines over a long period of time, like 6 months, then it is better if they do not use a composite toilet.<\/p>\n<p>It will be present in their excretion and will definitely kill the microbes and the bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>All-in-all, composite toilets are versatile, convenient, eco-friendly and stop wasting so much fresh water. There are millions of people who are not getting fresh water to drink.<\/p>\n<p>By using composting toilets, the world&#8217;s fresh water issue can be greatly reduced, minimizing your impact on the environment as well. Consider a DIY composting toilet as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/homesteading-today\/home-maintenance-tips-save-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home Maintenance Tips that Will Save You Tons of Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/gardens\/how-to-start-composting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Start Composting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/homesteading-today\/rainwater-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rainwater Collection<\/a>: A Complete Guide to Collecting Rainwater<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/gardens\/compost-tumbler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Compost Tumbler Pros and Cons: Is It Right For You?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/rural-living\/worm-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worm Farm<\/a> &#8211; Should You Start One?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more and more people searching for ways to become more eco-friendly, composting toilets are a popular way to start in that direction. Becoming environment friendly requires more than just buying energy saving bulbs or &#8230; <a title=\"Guide to Composting Toilets &#8211; How to Use and Maintain\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/homesteading-today\/guide-composting-toilets\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Guide to Composting Toilets &#8211; How to Use and Maintain\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"disable-jtr":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":12127,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nature_Loo_Waterless_Composting_Toilet_Pedestal.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rurallivingtoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}