Blog posts tagged with 'composting toilets 101'

A well-designed and properly maintained toilet shouldn't have any unpleasant odours. If it does, something is wrong. Here are a few reasons as to why a composting toilet may start to generate odour, and ways to fix it.

The manner in which you empty a composting toilet will depend on the model of your toilet.

To ensure your toilet is performing at its best, it's recommended you stick to a regular maintenance schedule.

With a bit of water and a few sprays of Nature Flush Enzymes, keeping your composting toilet clean is easy as pie!

If you have a self-contained system that requires frequent emptying, it is WCTNZ recommended practice to set up a secondary treatment system in which the compost can mature prior to burial.

When the time comes to remove your first lot of humanure, how do you safely hand it?

When the time comes to empty your composting chamber, what do you do with its contents?

Bulking agents are carbon-based materials that are added to your compost to ensure it stays active and healthy.

For the most part, using a composting toilet is very similar to using a flushing one.

When you purchase a proper composting toilet solution, it is designed to be odourless.