Eco Toilets: The Real Scoop On The Poop!

When considering Eco Toilets, there are a couple of different types to consider.  There are composting and electric eco toilets. The composting version is a composting reactor.  The poop (feces) and the urine are separated and the poop starts the composting process.  Normally, there is some fungus and aerobic bacteria introduced into the system to start the composting system easily.  The goal is to break the poop down until you have a soil like consistency and it is relatively safe to handle because the process destroys the organisms that are harmful to humans.  Once the composting process is done, it should break the poop down to 30% of its normal mass.  It also separates the solids from the liquids and produces a stable, soil like material with less than 200 most probable number (MPN) per gram of fecal coliform.  That was some poop techy talk there!

Electric toilets work differently.  There is a company out there that is using cutting edge poop technology.  You place a bowl liner in the toilet and when your done, the liner and the poop, drop down into an incineration chamber where your poop is blasted in seconds. The electric toilet is more versatile as to placement because as long as you have power, you can place this toilet anywhere you want.  With the composting toilet, you have to have a separate treatment container.  If you have a basement it can be placed there, otherwise it would have to go outside.

Both of these toilets are a good durable way to help the environment and your wallet, not having to pay per flush.  Well thats the scoop on the poop.  Here are some informative videos: one is a video of the electric/incinerator toilet.  The other is about an eco rest area and the eco toilet system they are using in Sweden which is quite incredible.

View the Electric/incinerator toilet here:>

View the Eco Toilet System they are using in Sweden here:>