sustainable toilets

Sustainable toilet technology

Sustainable toilet technology

Enclosed Long Term Composting

Nothing less than revolutionary new thinking

about toilets:

Enclosed Long Term Composting

Nothing less than revolutionary new thinking

about toilets:

Inadequate toilet facilities -- a real killer

Inadequate toilet facilities -- a real killer

2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to toilets !

5 million people die each year from diarrhea and dehydration.

More people die from diarrhea than from both HIV and malaria together.

Every 15th second a child dies of diarrhea related disease.

2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to toilets !

5 million people die each year from diarrhea and dehydration.

More people die from diarrhea than from both HIV and malaria together.

Every 15th second a child dies of diarrhea related disease.

Safe toilets -- the missing link

Safe toilets -- the missing link

Every DAY, around 10,000 people die because they drink water that has been polluted by unprocessed toilet waste.

In India 3 out of 4 have NO toilet. Others may have toilets, yet feces may still leach out to infect the available drinking water.

We may think this is only a problem in India, China or Africa but it is NOT…

Every DAY, around 10,000 people die because they drink water that has been polluted by unprocessed toilet waste.

In India 3 out of 4 have NO toilet. Others may have toilets, yet feces may still leach out to infect the available drinking water.

We may think this is only a problem in India, China or Africa but it is NOT…

Sewage making people sick

Sewage making people sick

In London, for days after a rain the Thames river has raw sewage gushing into it

In vacation resorts around the world, sewage infects the beaches

Sewage is by far the largest polluter of oceans and estuaries(here seen as fish food)

In London, for days after a rain the Thames river has raw sewage gushing into it

In vacation resorts around the world, sewage infects the beaches

Sewage is by far the largest polluter of oceans and estuaries(here seen as fish food)

Sewage treatment is out of date

Sewage treatment is out of date

“Sewage treatment” mainly consists of attempts to separate the waste from the drinking water which no one can do at a reasonable cost.

The result is just less polluted sewage effluent and a large amount of toxic sludge which no one knows what to do with … all that at an enormous cost !

“Sewage treatment” mainly consists of attempts to separate the waste from the drinking water which no one can do at a reasonable cost.

The result is just less polluted sewage effluent and a large amount of toxic sludge which no one knows what to do with … all that at an enormous cost !

A costly and perilous deception

A costly and perilous deception

Since neither the sewage industry nor governments know what to to with toxic sludge, they simply re-name it !

They now call it “BIO-SOLIDS” and spread it on food producing land !!!

Since neither the sewage industry nor governments know what to to with toxic sludge, they simply re-name it !

They now call it “BIO-SOLIDS” and spread it on food producing land !!!

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This is a problem everywhere!

This is a problem everywhere!

The flush toilet was invented some 200 years ago to discretely send the queens body-waste out of Windsor castle, that’s all it was meant to do …

Today this practice is the root of water pollution problems everywhere: a destructive old habit of mixing drinking water with human waste (which we are, now sadly, all too used to)

Today we have the means to go in a new direction, to stop destroying our drinking water AND the plant-nutrients in our manure, as well as protecting our environment.

The flush toilet was invented some 200 years ago to discretely send the queens body-waste out of Windsor castle, that’s all it was meant to do …

Today this practice is the root of water pollution problems everywhere: a destructive old habit of mixing drinking water with human waste (which we are, now sadly, all too used to)

Today we have the means to go in a new direction, to stop destroying our drinking water AND the plant-nutrients in our manure, as well as protecting our environment.

The ingenious alternative is:

The ingenious alternative is:

Enclosed Long Term Composting:Contains feces with its pathogens (and

its medical residues) for up to 40 yearsYields plant nutrients as a clean, safe-to-

use lquid fertilizer for agricultureCuts 90% of the cost of waste handling:

WASTE TRANSPORTATIONSaves water used for flushing toiletsPrevents sewage from becoming

pollution

Enclosed Long Term Composting:Contains feces with its pathogens (and

its medical residues) for up to 40 yearsYields plant nutrients as a clean, safe-to-

use lquid fertilizer for agricultureCuts 90% of the cost of waste handling:

WASTE TRANSPORTATIONSaves water used for flushing toiletsPrevents sewage from becoming

pollution

What does it mean ?What does it mean ?

1. For the user2. For the up-keeper3. For the architect4. For the environment5. For the greater picture

1. For the user2. For the up-keeper3. For the architect4. For the environment5. For the greater picture

For the user, a toilet that is

For the user, a toilet that is

Odor-free Quiet Pleasing to the eye Comfortable to use Low maintenance Cost effective

Odor-free Quiet Pleasing to the eye Comfortable to use Low maintenance Cost effective

Always odor-freeAlways odor-free

Always odor-free:Before during and

after useConstant air-flow

down the toilet ventilates the whole house and bathroom through the toilet

Does not attract flies …

Always odor-free:Before during and

after useConstant air-flow

down the toilet ventilates the whole house and bathroom through the toilet

Does not attract flies …

A silent fixtureA silent fixture

There is only a faint whisper of the fan

Nothing to annoy you or wake you up at night if someone “goes”

There is only a faint whisper of the fan

Nothing to annoy you or wake you up at night if someone “goes”

Pleasing the eye --Pleasing the eye --

Pleasing design Glossy white sanitary

surface Scratch-resistant

acrylic coating Easy to keep clean Takes up little space This is all users will

see

Pleasing design Glossy white sanitary

surface Scratch-resistant

acrylic coating Easy to keep clean Takes up little space This is all users will

see

Pleasing the eye -- insidePleasing the eye -- inside

Easy to keep clean On the inside, the

optical illusion of … NOTHING

Inside liner and tube are black -- so it blackens out anything that might be offen-sive to the eye.

Easy to keep clean On the inside, the

optical illusion of … NOTHING

Inside liner and tube are black -- so it blackens out anything that might be offen-sive to the eye.

Comfortable to use“Use and walk away”

Comfortable to use“Use and walk away”

No flushingNo splashing :-)Heated sit-ring for cold nights… and again

ALWAYS ODOR-FREE

No flushingNo splashing :-)Heated sit-ring for cold nights… and again

ALWAYS ODOR-FREE

Upkeep, service and maintenance

Upkeep, service and maintenance

CompostEra works for decades without the need to remove solids

The liquid end-product is an odor and bacteria-free fertilizer for use on-site or off-site

The essential service consists of just cleaning the bathroom

CompostEra works for decades without the need to remove solids

The liquid end-product is an odor and bacteria-free fertilizer for use on-site or off-site

The essential service consists of just cleaning the bathroom

For the architectFor the architect

The most reliable instal-lation is when the tank is under the bathroom floor

Simple and safe, no mechanical failures and the least service

Excellent for remote locations where no grid electricity is available

The most reliable instal-lation is when the tank is under the bathroom floor

Simple and safe, no mechanical failures and the least service

Excellent for remote locations where no grid electricity is available

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For the architectFor the architect

The treatment tank can also be inserted through the wall of a building and installed as a bench toilet

The treatment tank can also be inserted through the wall of a building and installed as a bench toilet

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For the architectFor the architect

Or placing the treatment tank next to the outside wall of the house and open a bay in the wall of the bath-room. Can be done with a full floor or a bench toilet …

Or placing the treatment tank next to the outside wall of the house and open a bay in the wall of the bath-room. Can be done with a full floor or a bench toilet …

Bench toilet

Extended bay with floor

For the architectFor the architect

For use in a larger apartment building a Jets, on-demand vacuum system can be used.

For use in a larger apartment building a Jets, on-demand vacuum system can be used.

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For the architectFor the architect

For sports arenas, a Jets, on-demand vacuum system can bring the toilet waste to a central long-term composting reactor saving both water and eliminate pollution.

For sports arenas, a Jets, on-demand vacuum system can bring the toilet waste to a central long-term composting reactor saving both water and eliminate pollution.

For the environmentFor the environment

This is where the Long-Term Composting process excels above all others:There is no discharge so no pollution !The process generates its own energy It neither uses nor pollutes waterPathogens and drug residues are contained

and isolated in the process for several decades

The liquid is the best safe fertilizer there is containing both macro- and micro-nutrients

This is where the Long-Term Composting process excels above all others:There is no discharge so no pollution !The process generates its own energy It neither uses nor pollutes waterPathogens and drug residues are contained

and isolated in the process for several decades

The liquid is the best safe fertilizer there is containing both macro- and micro-nutrients

For the environmentFor the environment

The liquid (from urine) undergoes a process called nitrification, generating nitrite and nitrate causing natural desinfection

This takes place in the permanent filter-bed in the bottom of the tank

The liquid (from urine) undergoes a process called nitrification, generating nitrite and nitrate causing natural desinfection

This takes place in the permanent filter-bed in the bottom of the tank

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For the greater picture …For the greater picture …

When we render human and animal waste safe to use as fertilizer, we also cut pollution in half since we don’t get run off from both chemical fertilizer AND animal waste !

When we render human and animal waste safe to use as fertilizer, we also cut pollution in half since we don’t get run off from both chemical fertilizer AND animal waste !

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For the greater picture …For the greater picture …

Animal fertilizer is the best fertilizer we can imagine, as it contains a full spectrum of macro- AND micro nutrients

Chemical fertilizer only contains NPK (Nitrogen, Phosporous,Potasium) and will deplete soils of the crucial micro nutrients

Animal fertilizer is the best fertilizer we can imagine, as it contains a full spectrum of macro- AND micro nutrients

Chemical fertilizer only contains NPK (Nitrogen, Phosporous,Potasium) and will deplete soils of the crucial micro nutrients

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For the greater picture…For the greater picture…

After repeated use of only chemical fertilizers, the micro-nutrients in the agricultural soils are depleted

Then plants have less resistance to bugs and mold, requiring more pesticides …

After repeated use of only chemical fertilizers, the micro-nutrients in the agricultural soils are depleted

Then plants have less resistance to bugs and mold, requiring more pesticides …

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For the greater picture …For the greater picture …

Chemical fertilizer makes crops LOOK big and colorful but it profoundly impacts nutrition, taste and smell.

A typical supermarket tomato has no smell, no real flavor and no nutrition -- we can eat a basket full without feeling naturally satisfied

An organic tomato has great scent, tastes good and after one or two we are naturally satisfied … “we feel full”

Chemical fertilizer makes crops LOOK big and colorful but it profoundly impacts nutrition, taste and smell.

A typical supermarket tomato has no smell, no real flavor and no nutrition -- we can eat a basket full without feeling naturally satisfied

An organic tomato has great scent, tastes good and after one or two we are naturally satisfied … “we feel full”

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For the greater picture …For the greater picture …

So instead of poisoning our agricultural land with toxic sludge from sewage treatment plants (receiving everything that anyone wants to get rid of), it is high time to stop mixing drinking water and “wastes” and catch the plant nutrients before they are permanently destroyed by heavy metals, drug residues and persistent chemicals …

So instead of poisoning our agricultural land with toxic sludge from sewage treatment plants (receiving everything that anyone wants to get rid of), it is high time to stop mixing drinking water and “wastes” and catch the plant nutrients before they are permanently destroyed by heavy metals, drug residues and persistent chemicals …

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For the greater picture …For the greater picture … Enclosed Long-Term Com-

posting is our best bet to break a destructive cycle started by the effort to get the queens waste out of Windsor castle.

Thomas Crapper designed the first successful flush toilet. It unfortunately set the norm for the whole world.

Now we no longer need to use water to move toilet waste. We can safely and easily process it on site

Enclosed Long-Term Com-posting is our best bet to break a destructive cycle started by the effort to get the queens waste out of Windsor castle.

Thomas Crapper designed the first successful flush toilet. It unfortunately set the norm for the whole world.

Now we no longer need to use water to move toilet waste. We can safely and easily process it on site

Installation examplesInstallation examples

Misquamicut State Beach, Rhode Island

2,000,000 visitors per season

Misquamicut State Beach, Rhode Island

2,000,000 visitors per season

Installation examplesInstallation examples

The bi-annual BOOM festival in Portugal

20,000 visitors for 10 days using 160 CompostEra toilets built on site.

The bi-annual BOOM festival in Portugal

20,000 visitors for 10 days using 160 CompostEra toilets built on site.

Markham FairMarkham Fair

Largest Agricultural Fair in North America

80,000 visitors/day Site-built system 60 Clivus USA

toilets

Largest Agricultural Fair in North America

80,000 visitors/day Site-built system 60 Clivus USA

toilets

Waway State Park, N.J., USA

Waway State Park, N.J., USA

State Beach in New Jersey, USA

State Beach in New Jersey, USA

Salisbury Beach, Mass. USA

Salisbury Beach, Mass. USA

3 Public rest rooms along a 2 mile beach stretch

3 Public rest rooms along a 2 mile beach stretch

Army corps of engineers, USA

Army corps of engineers, USA

For many of their installation in remote locations, forts and rifle ranges.

For many of their installation in remote locations, forts and rifle ranges.

Refugee camps in CongoRefugee camps in Congo

Project under con-struction with onsite pre-fab buildings.

Toilets and grey-water systems to be integrated into each building site.

Project under con-struction with onsite pre-fab buildings.

Toilets and grey-water systems to be integrated into each building site.

Girl Scouts headquarterGirl Scouts headquarter

Edith Macy camp,Pennsylvania, USA

Edith Macy camp,Pennsylvania, USA

Lake Tahoe, California, USA

Lake Tahoe, California, USA

Ski Homewood, resort

Ski Homewood, resort

Stockholm, SwedenStockholm, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

Local beach at Trinntorp in the Stockholm archipelago

Stockholm, Sweden

Local beach at Trinntorp in the Stockholm archipelago

Highway E6, SwedenHighway E6, Sweden

Long Term Composting design by C. Lindstrom

Susedalen.com

Long Term Composting design by C. Lindstrom

Susedalen.com

Long-Term CompostingLong-Term Composting

Let’s make this the technology of the future: Non-polluting, odor-free, silent, low energy consumption, and generating the best fertilizer there is for agriculture …

Let’s make this the technology of the future: Non-polluting, odor-free, silent, low energy consumption, and generating the best fertilizer there is for agriculture …

Public reaction to a new idea

Public reaction to a new idea

The reception of new ideas that break with old habits, is said to go through 3 stages:1. The new idea is met with ridicule

2. Then it meets with violent opposition

3. Finally, the people first opposing it will say that they actually thought that way all along …

The reception of new ideas that break with old habits, is said to go through 3 stages:1. The new idea is met with ridicule

2. Then it meets with violent opposition

3. Finally, the people first opposing it will say that they actually thought that way all along …

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