Comments on: Compost Toilet – The Sawdust Toilet

By: Jill Terhune

Jill Terhune — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:27:01 +0000

Thank you for all the insight! My family wont give me the chance to create my sustainable lifestyle, but Im making a self sufficient zone in the basement. Love it!!!

By: Eco Homes and Not Going Green on Holiday | A Self Sufficient Life

Eco Homes and Not Going Green on Holiday | A Self Sufficient Life — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:37:13 +0000

[...] and still try to produce as much food for ourselves as we can. We still primarily use the sawdust toilet except on those days when “nobody remembered to empty the compost toilet”. But we [...]

By: Pitch Penny

Pitch Penny — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:41:12 +0000

Oh I forgot to ADD that I keep a stack of cotton wipes that are used to dry off and toss in a basket for the washer
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too bad there is not “a service set up” for leaving, let’s say “3 filled five gallon buckets” out on your curb, and they are removed, and 3 clean buckets are left in their place…This would be way cool for people
that do not have an easy way to empty their full buckets….
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By: Mrs.Dirty Boots

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:24:00 +0000

Sounds great, the basics are simple for a sawdust toilet but then it is easy to make them more refined!

By: Pitch Penny

Pitch Penny — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:38:28 +0000

The way I have my Sawdust Toilet set up is:
I have The well made wooden box and wooded toilet seat
(the nicer that looks the better) next to that I have a well stocked
supply of sawdust and organic mix’ins (it is fun to stalk out cool stuff)
Now what I have done which i feel is a step above the whole process
discribed here, is I have added another toilet seat that is over a washing basin (those over sized sinks you see in washing machine rooms) I have this washing basin boxed up like my 5 gallon sawdust
bucket is (to look real nice) and I have suppled a warm water bidet hose…this way I keep a roll of T Paper hanging for anyone that wants
it…but it is totally not needed…everything (pee & washing up water)
goes down a drain to a simply dry well that is out of site…
the whole system is “out of sight” if you ask me!

By: Mr.Dirty Boots

Mr.Dirty Boots — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:55:02 +0000

Toilet paper goes in it as does pee. Then it all turns in to compost on the compost heap. Once it is composted it is just as safe as regular compost. Job done, literally

By: The_Game

The_Game — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:35:53 +0000

What about toilet paper? Where do you put the toilet paper? And what happens when you need to urinate?

No thanks, regular toilet for me.

By: H.S.

H.S. — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:42:59 +0000

Sawdust is an excellent medium for composting toilets. MAKE SURE that it has had proper time to cure before using it on any food crop.

By: Gary Dill

Gary Dill — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:44:45 +0000

I have never used a compost toilet but have been hearing more and more about them as of late. Eventually I will have to break down and get one.

By: A Self Sufficient Life » Blog Archive » Centralised Composting Toilets

A Self Sufficient Life » Blog Archive » Centralised Composting Toilets — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:00:48 +0000

[...] Looking into the world of composting toilets and the choices I could make to upgrade my humble sawdust toilet is a real eye-opener. It is nice to know there are so many toilet composting systems to choose [...]