Self-contained units are all-in-one models, which have both the toilet and the composting areas all-in-one units. On the other hand, a central unit will appear like a traditional toilet with the ...

Composting toilets are a favorite of those wishing to go off-grid—or for anyone who ... physical features like nanoscale glazing that glide the waste down and make cleaning easier. Loaded with ...

Sivert and Zask also use propane to power their outdoor shower. Retiring off-grid often means adapting to a more ...

A standard countertop compost bin can fit around a gallon of scraps, which represents a good balance of capacity and portability. But we’re favoring systems that come in a few sizes, for ...

The three undergraduates won $100,000 to form a company that will work with partners in Oaxaca, Mexico, to build machines that can transform waste plastic into composting toilets and pieces for ...

Tess Johnson-Kelly took to Instagram to spill the beans on how she keeps her soil rich by collecting the family's feces from the special compost toilet in ... not our forever system—we’ll ...

PINCKNEY — Sam Baghdadchi hopes a composting system at Pinckney Community High School will inspire future generations of students to practice sustainability. Baghdadchi, a senior at PCHS ...

A family reads the instruction manual for its new composting toilet (in the corner at right). After each use a handful of carbon-rich material – ground-up peanut shells or the pulpy residue of ...

Always dreamed of owning a converted school bus? These stylish 'Skoolies' conversions have had amazing alterations and aesthetics added that make van life living functional, fun and fabulous.

It’s 8.30am in London and 8.30pm in Auckland. Gosia Piatek’s attention is suddenly diverted from our Facetime interview by a ...