Composting Toilet Saves Money and is a Boon to Homesteaders

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	The Composting Toilet is a Boon for the Homesteader Composting toilet could be the homesteader’s best friend, both providing rich nutrients for your garden and saving money over the long run by replacing the ordinary toilet – the single biggest waster of water in your home. Ordinary toilets will sometimes use between four to six gallons of water per flush. The composting toilet on the other hand will use very little water. The long-term savings could be phenomenal. If you've never heard of one or seen one in action, you may have some misconceptions about this marvelous appliance. Won't They Smell? Think composting toilet, and you’re probably thinking about an outhouse or those awful, green port-a-potties usually available on campgrounds. Those smelly eyesores have given the composting toilet a bad reputation. These are not just pots that store...well...you know what. Instead, they work just like your compost pile, only better and far more efficiently than any compost could dream of working. And like your compost pile, if there is a smell, it means either the composting toilet is not working properly, or it is overloaded. Follow the guidelines suggested by the manufacturer and you shouldn't have any smell at all. How Do They Work? It's like your compost pile on steroids. Here are some of the features most of these toilets have: A vacuum pump to suck away all the stinky odors and add oxygen to the mix Air baffles that evenly distribute that oxygen and add a bit more Heating units that keep the waste at the best possible temperature Mixing tongs to keep things stirred up so they continue to compost quickly Composting worms and macro-organisms that will eat through the waste and convert it even faster There are two basic types: The first keeps the waste within the unit itself, completing the composting there, while the second type flushes the waste to a remote unit below the toilet. What Can Go in Them? Anything organic, including food scraps, egg shells, paper and cardboard, lawn clippings, clothes from natural fibers and disposable cotton diapers and tampons (without the plastic tags). Will They Clog Up? Only if they are overloaded. If the entire extended family drops by, your system should be able to handle the stress, but if you buy a toilet designed for a family of four and you have a family of nine, you might have problems. How Much Do They Cost? They can easily run about $2,000 American dollars and up. Think long-term investment plus savings over the long haul when considering purchasing one of these. Also, if you are thinking about building your home in the country, these toilets cost less than installing a sewer system. Better still, you are also not dependent on the grid to run your toilet, saving utility costs. Learn More About Going Off the Grid It's not just for a great day at the beach, but the sun can be a great source of energy as well. Learn about harnessing power from the sun. Is it always breezy where you live? You can use all that air to save money. Learn how harnessing the wind is becoming an increasingly viable source of electricity. If you have a small stream nearby, you not only have a source of water, but you could also have a potential source of energy. Learn more here. Want to use that rain on days when it's dry? You can with a rain barrel. Learn why a cistern is great source of back up water for emergency purposes. If you don't have water pumped into your house, you will need an alterative way to deal with waste. Enter the Composting Toilet - How it works and why you should have one. For the hard-core, off the gridder: The Methane Digester and How it Works. Do you have a drilled well and still want to use it, even when you have no power? Then learn more about a deep well hand pump. Learn the importance of going off the grid. Return from Composting Toilet to the Home Page.	Build Your Own Chicken Tractor! *You Can Build a Chicken Tractor* Provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to build a chicken tractor and also provides helpful information on how to get free wood and how your chickens can pay for themselves. Click Here learn more. Search This Site: Subscribe to my free ezine! Successful Homesteading is a bi-weekly e-zine covering everything about self-reliance and the healthy, frugal life. Imagine! Great tips on organic gardening, self reliance, frugal living and frugal recipes on a regular basis and sent straight to your ebox! Click here to subscribe.
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