Installing a waterless trap-less urinal

(This is also part 2 of “What to do with a leaking (other brand) composting toilet.)

A few years back, Ecovita started carrying very simple waterless urinals for our urine-diverting toilet customers.

Villa Listed in Top 10 Green Products: Read about it!

Sustainable Industries magazine’s piece on its Top Green Building Products for 2009 is now on its Web site: [click here]
(The report is 22 pages and might take awhile to download)

Eco-toilets for boats: A liveaboard nautical engineer’s report

Wondering about using a composting toilet on a boat?

Customer Chris Melo wrote a report for us on the advantages of living with a urine-diverting composting toilet on his boat. Chris lives year-round (except when he’s captaining schooners in the Caribbean) on his 35-foot Alberg sailboat. Other than the bathroom at his office on land, his composting toilet is his only toilet. 

Download this report on his experience: [NaturesheadOnBoat]

Additive container

At the local Ace Hardware store today, we saw this ice bucket on sale for $9.99:

Although a little small, this enamel-painted bucket with handy scoop would be a great container for keeping composting toilet additive next to the toilet.

Composting toilet additive isn’t critical for urine-diverting toilets, but many owner-operators use it.
More later on our favorite composting toilet additives.