Eco toilets are exactly what they sound like: they're environmentally-friendly toilets. But, before you conjure up mental images of outside latrines or festival-style chemical toilets, you might be in for a shock or two; eco toilets are much more commonly found around you (you might not even be aware of them!), and are a far cry from any of the above things you might have been thinking of.
Eco toilets might be eco friendly, but they’re also so much more than that: they’re also economically friendly (a different type of ‘eco’!).
That’s because ecologic toilets work by saving water and even power, with some styles of eco toilets even using every part of the waste entered into it…but more on that later.
Eco toilets have been steadily growing in popularity over the years, to the point where they’re pretty common: back in 2014, the Glastonbury festival began using eco toilets, and their high-profile exposure there only gained eco toilets more fans over the years.
It’s no surprise, considering that more and more people worldwide are looking for eco-friendly solutions, for any number of reasons:
But, it’s not just the environmentally-conscious among us who are looking for eco toilet solutions. They’re also a fantastic solution for communities or locations where there isn’t easy access to water or sewage systems, such as highly manicured areas (think golf courses or public gardens).
That’s partly due to the way in which eco toilets work, and they come in different varieties:
With ‘standard’ toilets lasting up to 6 gallons of water with every flush, low-flow toilets provide the same power and flushing experience, with a fraction of the gallon usage, at 1.6 per flush.
These are more commonly seen indoors, and are toilets with two flushing choices: button 1 for liquid waste (flushing up to 8 gallons of water per flush) or button 2 for solid waste (using up to 1.6 gallons per flush).
Using an efficiency-guide (like with your electric appliance), this ranks toilets according to how eco-friendly they are. Seeing a toilet with a WaterSense label means it’s 20% more effective than standard (1.6 gallons) toilets. In fact, using a WaterSense toilet can reduce a toilet’s water usage by up to 60%.
As with composting food waste, composting toilets apply the same principle: these are waterless eco toilets that work to dissolve waste according to a process of evaporation and natural decomposition.
Eco toilets are all around us…but are they actually worth your while, if you’re looking for a more eco-friendly solution?
Depending what you’re looking to achieve with an eco toilet, there are several different advantages and disadvantages to installing one:
Ultimately, it’s really up to the individual as to whether or not ecologic toilet, especially composting toilets, are worth the few disadvantages we’ve highlighted above, in order to live more sustainably, environmentally-friendly and otherwise.
Having said all of the above, when it comes down to actually choosing an eco toilet for your needs, there are a few things to take into consideration.
Obviously, before you commit to purchasing and installing an ecologic toilet you need to make sure it’s the right fit for you and your family.
As such, we highly recommend the HomeBiogas Bio-Toilet. It’s a type of upgraded composting toilet, where you get to reduce your carbon footprint and live a more sustainable lifestyle.
Using an anaerobic digestion system it means you get to dispose of and transform your waste into renewable biogas, to be used for your home cooking.
You’ll get up to 1 hour of cooking gas daily, saving up to 6 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year, and up to an eye-watering 40,000 liters of water.
It’s completely safe, easy and environmentally friendly to install and use. It can even be installed outside of your home!
Check out the HomeBiogas Bio-Toilet and get the best of an environmentally friendly lifestyle and eco toilet system, all in one!
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