An Introduction
Many people now know about composting toilets, particularly those in the alternative movement who are quite familiar with composting in their gardens, and who understand the advantages of recycling and simplification of our needs. But to the many others who have not really thought about where their sewage goes after flushing, the thought of composting their own waste is a little uncomfortable. Objectionable questions are fired at you when you first introduce the concept to someone, and many persons leave the subject still thinking that a composting toilets is a old pit (outhouse) toilet, remembered unpleasantly from camping trips. Well, composting toilets are far from being pit toilets! They range from simple twin chamber designs through to advanced systems with rotating tynes, temperature and moisture probes and electronic control systems. They are effective biological converters of human and household “waste,” saving money and energy for the person and community. They start the regeneration of the Earth’s precious environment that is long overdue.

The Group has constructed its own compost toilet that has been made entirely from recycled materials.  From the timber for the building to the mens urinal which was an old trafic cone!  Our kind friends at Carillion have been the main sponsor for this project, along with Simon Lockwood from Scottish Native Woods.  Learning as we have been going along we now proudly have 3 toilets in one timber building.  

We can show you below using photos what our toilet is like and how we constructed it.

Upper Picture - Some of the Group during a recent project.

Lower Picture - Grace Lamont was the first to christen the loo.

The last task for our toilet is to construct a rain water collection system, like the diagram below, so we can install a proper sink for everyone to wash their hands.