You don’t need to purchase a commercial composting toilet to safely recycle human waste. A simple setup of a bucket, seat and sawdust — giving these toilets the name “sawdust potties” — will do. We ...

You might think it odd that we’d start an article about compost toilets by stating that no such thing exists. But they don’t. Composting is a specific process, one that occurs under specific ...

Composting toilets are probably the world’s least glamorous product. What else can you say about a hefty, box-like receptacle that sits in your bathroom and processes a month’s worth of human waste ...

Plants grow around a golden toilet in a garden used to demonstrate the utility of recycled wastewater. (Photo by Loren Elliott / AFP) Environmentally friendly compostable toilets are increasingly ...