It's the time of year when we start to receive requests and questions about
our composting toilets at Shelter.
Composting
Toilets are an excellent option for the sanitary disposal of waste when
plumbing, water, or electricity are not available or easily accessible. We see composting toilets
used in cottages, boat houses, garden sheds, pool houses, barns, remote
offices or guest spaces, and coastal cottages where a leach field isn't
permitted. Another common locale for a composting toilet is in an older
home where toilet waste needs to be removed from an overloaded septic
system.
Some households are converting from conventional flush toilets for environmental reasons. Toilet flushing is the single largest water use in the average U.S. home (according to the EPA), accounting for about 30% of total home water demand. More than 4.8
billion gallons of water per day is flushed out of homes in the U.S. That is a significant environmental burden on fresh water resources, municipal sewer systems, or home wells and septic systems. And if the state of our current infrastructure doesn't improve
—see the grade here—composting toilets, or something like them, may be much more common in the future.
Visit
our
store to see the Sun-Mar Composting toilet display models in person
to get a feel for the size and shape of the toilets. Our knowledgeable staff has first-hand experience with the
Sunmar
composting toilet line and can assist you with sizing, installation, and
maintenance questions.
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