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{{cat header| Composting_toilet_tower_concept.png |Composting toilets| A '''composting toilet''' is a system for removing [[feces]] away from humans and living areas to safely store and treat it, so that it can be reused safely for local agriculture. It comprises of a toilet, which is usually (but not always) a [[dry toilet]] or [[urine diversion dry toilet]] together with (almost always) some kind of storage system beneath, often called a latrine | {{cat header| Composting_toilet_tower_concept.png |Composting toilets| A '''composting toilet''' is a system for removing [[feces]] away from humans and living areas to safely store and treat it, so that it can be reused safely for local agriculture. It comprises of a toilet, which is usually (but not always) a [[dry toilet]] or [[urine diversion dry toilet]] together with (almost always) some kind of storage system beneath, often called a latrine. | ||
It is a very common [[WASH]] system aiming to give better health to communities than they have with [[open defecation]] and with less of the problems sometimes associated with a [[single pit latrine]], which may leak exposing [[groundwater]] and drinking [[water]] to harmful microbes which cause illness | It is a very common [[WASH]] system aiming to give better health to communities than they have with [[open defecation]] and with less of the problems sometimes associated with a [[single pit latrine]], which may leak exposing [[groundwater]] and drinking [[water]] to harmful microbes which cause illness. }} | ||
[[Category:Composting]] | [[Category:Composting]] | ||
[[Category:Toilet designs]] | [[Category:Toilet designs]] | ||
[[Category:Water conservation]] | [[Category:Water conservation]] | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 18 April 2013
Pages in category "Composting toilets"
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