Where Can Composting Toilets be Used?

I recently submitted a post to an environmental discussion forum, asking members to review for me any composting toilet systems they might have in their home. Interestingly enough, the first response to this question was from a member who asked “Can they be used in homes? I thought composting toilets had to be used outdoors in an outhouse.”

Where Can Composting Toilets be Used


Now, I am guessing that many readers of this blog are well aware that most (if not all) currently manufactured composting toilets are meant for indoor applications (with the exception of certain portable composting toilet setups). However, it did bring up an important question for me that I thought would be useful to address in this article: Where else can composting toilets be used?

I thought I would develop a list of some of the potential uses of composting toilets outside the standard home. Given the benefits of composting toilets for society in general, thinking “outside the home” seems like an important contribution to the effort to promote the switch from wasteful flush toilet systems to productive and environmentally sane toilet composting systems.

Here are some locations that composting toilets could also be installed:

1) National and state park campgrounds. Oh wait, there are composting toilets already at some of these locations (see an example here). We just need a lot more of them! Composting toilets are much more pleasant than the standard outhouses that are found at many national and state parks, and they make an excellent demonstration of sustainable technology as well.

2) Boats and Marinas. Many boaters already know this, but there are some excellent marine toilet composting systems available. For more information about these composting toilets, read the article “Outdoor Portable Composting Systems.”

3) Buses, trains and other forms of public transportation. Composting toilets would be much less smelly and much more environmentally friendly alternative to the flush toilets currently found on many public transport systems. Of course, it would involve considerable time and effort to educate the “public” about their proper use and advantages, but I can think of no better way to create a massive public awareness about toilet composting systems.

4) Remote yurts, cottages and cabins. Non-electric models of composting toilets are ideal for locations that are off-grid and have little access to sewage or septic systems.

5) Recreational Vehicles. Now, let’s face it, RV’s are not generally known for being environmentally friendly. But if you are going to drive an RV, why not at least make them as environmentally friendly as you can and switch from the chemically laden portable potty to a greener toilet composting system instead? Most of the marine composting models are well suited for RV’s as well.

6) Treehouses. This one is just for fun. Or maybe not. If you do have a treehouse and it has a toilet, it should certainly be a composting toilet! Know more about composting toilet check out here toiletrated.com.

Now that I’ve gotten started, tons of more ideas are starting to come to mind. How about composting toilets on oil rigs and platforms? In factories and warehouses? In guard towers or sky cranes? Well, as you see, once you get started thinking green, it can be hard to stop.

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