This goes below the seat of the composting toilet.
Diy composting toilet with urine separator.
Most compost toilets have urine diverters but composting toilets are really expensive so i wouldn t recommend them as your emergency toilet unless you can afford it.
2 is dried by evaporation and absorption by composting medium.
We build our diy composting toilet complete with urine diverter.
It funnels urine into a separate collection chamber.
There s a smaller plastic tub which is meant to separate the urine from the excrement.
His extended edge prevents any liquid to go in between the bucket and the separator.
I am happy that it came in so quickly.
If you are interested we recently reviewed the best composting toilets for indoor use.
On top of last year s failure of the world s biggest urine separating and composting toilet scheme in china the alternative toilet scene is not looking so positive these days.
The mainstream marketed composting toilet is expensive large and frankly not very attracti.
It s wrapped up in a nice little wooden box package to make the toilet look a little nicer in your tiny bathroom.
At the end of the process you are left with sweet smelling clean and hygenic compost.
Less use of absorbent material.
A diy composting toilet takes human waste and dry material such as sawdust crushed leaves or wood ash and composts it with straw at a high heat to kill potential pathogens.
But it s created with a rubber tub in the bottom.
A picture of the ecovita urine diverting toilet seat with lid.
Urine separator shop now handmade porcelan urine diverter for diy composting toilet learn more marcel is our basic model convenient for different shapes and dimensions of the chambers marcel shop now view all floran is specially designed for bucket toilets.
Building a urine separating composting toilet.
No black water disposal.
Separates urine for easier disposal no foul mess.
You can simply dump the urine in your yard since it is sanitary.
This works very well but it can be annoying for ladies to have to switch from one bucket to the other.
Disposal is simple by emptying bucket or compostable bag.
Posted on february 24 2012 by laura.
The sparett unit privy 500 came in.
I like the separation unit idea because i believe that urine creates a lot of stink.
You can buy a urine diverting toilet seat for about 100 to 200.
If you don t want to spend 100 for the special urine diverting toilet seat you can make your own.
It looks to be an inexpensive option for a composting toilet.
The basic diy composting toilet.