Could compostable toilets be the future?
When waterless toilets are mentioned you might picture scenes from I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here – but hear us out. WooWoo Waterless toilets specialise in compost toilets which make for a great eco-friendly and sustainable way to go to the loo. Plus, they’re much more advanced than what you initially imagine. We caught up with Martin Doyle from the brand to find out more. “The main toilet we sell is made by Separett of Sweden, who have been designing and manufacturing waterless toilets for 40 years. They’re classed as urine-diverting because they separate the outputs into liquids and solids (without mixing them) and deal with each area separately, simply and naturally. The original idea came from the Swedish weekend cottages – people had these idyllic homes on the edges of lakes and in forests, but no sewage connections and often little or no running water. Going to the toilet usually meant going in a bucket – not the most pleasant experience, plus the fact that someone had to do something with the buckets of human waste that built up. Separett realised that there must be a better and natural way of addressing this and developed their first separating, waterless toilet 40 years ago.”