Introduction

Whole Systems Approach to Ecological Design

Appropriate Technology: Water

Organic Agriculture and Local Food

Appropriate Technology: Energy

Green Building & Retrofitting

Composting Toilets

Composting toilets are excellent for a small number of ecovillagers in a settlement.  In villages with centralised facilities, many such toilets can be built in a block.

There can be cultural taboos against dry toilets and the community should be consulted before adopting this technology.

There are also hybrid systems that use normal flushing toilets followed by solids separation by centrifuge.  The solids are then composted in a separate digestor, while the liquids are disinfected (where necessary) and discharged with the grey water system.

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Composting toilet construction in Bolivia