Composting Toilet
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Introduction
On site composting of sewage can be economical and can potentially require less infrastructure than septic systems. Depending on the system, the compost and/or compost tea can be applied to plants on site.
Principles of Operation
Air supplied to refuse can encourage the biological breakdown of solid carbon based fecal matter to gaseous carbon dioxide as well as the oxidation of ammonia, predominately from urine, to nitrate. The amount of water provided by a typical toilet flush toilet often exceeds the moisture needed in the composting system. Instead, low flush (vacuum flush), no flush, or foam flush toilets are used when the destination of the flushed components is a composter.
