The Myth Of The Composting Toilet

a woman’s perspective. The #1 question I have been asked as a woman living in a tiny house is: How is it using the composting toilet? followed by: Is it easy to use? Does it smell? How easy is cleaning and changing it? What kind do you have? Well I shall address all of the pros ... Read more The post The Myth Of The Composting Toilet first appeared on Tiny House Blog.

Building a Better Composting Toilet

A Love/Hate Relationship Composting toilets are a popular choice for folks living tiny for many reasons, but they don’t come without their challenges. It seems almost everyone I know who lives in a tiny house, skoolie, RV, or van has a composting toilet and somehow our conversations always come around ... Read more The post Building a Better Composting Toilet first appeared on Tiny House Blog.

Lightweight Portable Composting Toilet

I recently discovered the Trelino® Evo S • Lightweight Portable Composting Toilet. Have you ever wondered what a composting toilet is and how it works? Here is the breakdown: You sit down A separator divides liquids and solids in two separate containers: This separation is the first step to prevent ... Read more The post Lightweight Portable Composting Toilet first appeared on Tiny House Blog.

Affordable Campus Is Waste Leader: The Peninsula in the Bronx, by WXY and BLA

A mixed-use affordable housing campus on the East Coast is set to enter the vanguard of cutting-edge waste practices such as recycling and composting in a city notorious for sidewalks piled high with garbage bags. The Peninsula in the Bronx, N.Y., which just opened its first phase of 740 total units of affordable housing as […] The post Affordable Campus Is Waste Leader: The Peninsula in the Bronx, by WXY and BLA appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

The Economist - How to manage a megacity, 23112021

By 2050, 6 billion people could be living in cities. How should the challenges caused by rapid urbanization be handled in the world ahead?