My husband needs a bedside commode but we are within a few feet of a door going to the back deck. I'm thinking of turning it into a composting toilet just because it looks so easy! Question becomes about composting now!

Hey there, we lived off grid next to a creek for a while and we had a $20 bucket toilet that we turned into a composting system. I would mix up a big tub of wood shavings, peat moss and bokashi grains. Put a layer of this mix in the bottom with an old 1cup scoop and then simply throw the paper in after doing the do, then sprinkle 1cup over each time. We did try to avoid no 1’s in this bucket though. When it got a bit full I tipped it into one of two barrel compost bins and gave it a couple of turns. Rinse out the bucket and start again. This gave us the best compost in only four months. Our loo was outside in a shower tent so we had to have a salt barrier around the edges to stop the leeches climbing up your feet during your quiet time - very disconcerting otherwise 😀

i found this was very informative to a simple but commonly asked question, thank you

Blymin marvellous thank you for that. You have given us peace of mind, thank you so much. 🍀🌱

Thanks. Short clear message.

Super useful! Thanks for the great info. Go Water Wally!

Great video. Definently answered my question :) Cheers!

Good information, cheers fella!

Thanks mate, great review. Will help us decide on our new van build using fact based.

Thanks, good info. I just installed my natureshead and was wondering why people were telling me I shouldn't drop the paper.

Thanks! Great simple information.

awesome explanation

So good to know this. Thank you!

Yes! I've been saying the same thing for years. Plus, you can use a sheet of paper towel for a big job. Try using that in a flush toilet and bad things will happen. At the moment, my pipes are frozen, so the flusher is useless. My Luggable Loo is now in service and the toilet paper goes right in the bag in the bucket with a good covering of all with pine pet bedding. Cedar smells nice, but takes forever to break down, like oak leaves. When the bag is full, it'll go in a corner of my back garden for a year, then I'll add the contents to my regular compost bin. Jon in rural BC, Canada

Thanks for the info

Thanks Wally 👍

Thank you for the TP post. Been researching this for a bit and was leaning toward using a bidet with tons of water changes🥺

Thank-you!

What do you think of recycling showers? Water cycle (3gal): 1 reservoir to shower head 2 mechanical filter - fine 3 mechanical filter ultra fine 4 UV light 5 back into reservoir

Thank you! That was a bit of a deal breaking issue for me, thinking that I had to keep a container of used toilet paper in my teeny rv bathroom. Great to have this issue sorted once and for all!

I don't add toilet paper in my compost toilet only because my toilet requires turning and it gets stuck. I just toss the used paper into my compost pile.

What about wet wipes? I figure the paper part of them is fine but the moisture makes me wonder... although poo has moisture too and it dries out...

If your short on toilet paper supply you can economize by using scrap paper news paper or junk mail paper or notebooks.

Is a composting toilet a poor choice where a toilet is only used intermittently? (On a boat)

What about wipes?

Isn't it simpler to just burrito the tp and toss it in it's own closed top bin?

Compost it obviously. Who is walking around with dirty poo paper wondering what to do with it?

Do you know how to make your own Bokashi? Its tooo exxy buying bags every fortnight. Cheers. NSW oz.

It did cause issues, it’s full of toilet paper and to full to use.

Just get hemp paper, it will breakdown and return to the soil

What about wet wipes ? I wipe my cakes with wet wipes, do wet wipes break down like toilet paper ??

The composing toilets you're referring to, do they have a urine diverter, or does the urine and solid waste go in the same toilet? Thxs.

Wow. So just forget the amount of chemicals in toilet paper ? You think those will disappear ? This is what stuns me about people who compost but don’t give a second thought to how they poison the environment . Strange.