July 7, 2024

VIDEO: Building & Maintaining A Composting Toilet with Richard Freudenberger & Ned Doyle


Learn about the fascinating history of composting human manure and how to build and maintain a composting toilet. From the most basic design to a fully portable two seater bathroom on wheels, discover the important details you need to know to do it right and keep it odor free. Richard Freudenberger and Ned Ryan Doyle (both formerly of Mother Earth News) take us through all the key steps in the process of building a composting toilet system and show us their newly built and designed portable unit complete with a sink, solar panels, fan, light and more. Get inspired to build your own composting toilet system in this insightful workshop.

6 thoughts on “VIDEO: Building & Maintaining A Composting Toilet with Richard Freudenberger & Ned Doyle

  1. Rather than regular composting, is it possible to pair this with black soldier fly larvae, rinse the grubs, & dehydrate using solar before feeding to chickens or ducks? If so, what would you recommend doing with the liquid that comes from the bottom of the BSF bin? Could we just put it in a separate bucket from the urine, age for one year minimum, & run through a hot compost cycle before using on ornamentals?

  2. It also saves (could) vast amounts of water. Parched communities may save water for other purposes. Given correct application of tech to remove pathogens.
    Will there be a followup with the overview of the system and legalities of humanure in NC.
    Local regulations and state regulations forbid personal composting toilets to the best of my knowledge presently. Only experience I have seen is southern high elevation public restroom on Blue Ridge parkway.

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