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The Comprehensive Guide to Composting Toilets: Understanding, Benefits, and Installation

The Comprehensive Guide to Composting Toilets: Understanding, Benefits, and Installation

by | Oct 12, 2023 | ,

Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay Embracing composting toilets is a pivotal step towards sustainable living in modern households. As the world becomes increasingly aware of our environmental impact, more households are seeking eco-friendly home improvements. Central to this movement is the humble toilet, often overlooked but incredibly important. Composting toilets offer a sustainable, environmentally friendly alternative, reducing water usage and waste production. This article will delve into what these toilets are, how they operate, and why they might be the next step in your journey towards a greener home. What is a Composting Toilet? A composting toilet is a system that processes human waste through organic decomposition and evaporation. Instead of flushing waste away with water, it transforms it into valuable compost. This is achieved without chemical agents and instead harnesses natural decomposition processes. Unlike the toilets most are familiar with, which rely heavily on...

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Gourds are a staple when it comes to decorating for autumn. Along with pumpkins, chrysanthemums, and bejeweled ears of Indian corn, gourds are a sure sign of fall. But did you know you can easily dry them so they last for years rather than a single season? It’s quite easy to do, whether you buy them or grow them. In a world where we throw things away, you’re probably wondering what’s the point? After all, you can pitch your gourds in the compost at the end of the season and buy more next year. Well, it’s fun. You may stumble upon a new family tradition. Drying gourds makes them much lighter, so you can attach them to hanging decorations, such as wreaths. These gourds were turned into beautiful natural lanterns. You can also make functional vessels out of them, such as bowls, containers with lids, drinking bottles, birdhouses and more.…
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Here in Michigan City, Ind., the city recently supplied residents with 96-gallon trash bins for use with the new power lifts the city installed on its trash trucks. This left many of us with a surplus of standard 32-gallon, round, plastic trash cans. I had four of these and didn’t know what to do with them.But hey, I’m a MOTHER EARTH NEWS reader?–?how about creating a rain barrel? Having recently re-plumbed our little house, I had a number of fittings and leftover pipe. With these, I made an overflow standpipe and a bottom drain valve, which go in holes drilled into the side of the trash can. I fashioned a debris screen for the trash can lid out of cedar boards (leftover from various garden projects) cut at a 45-degree angle and covered with some scrap screening. I then routed the downspout to the debris deflector and cut the end of the…
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