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Title details for Essential Composting Toilets by Gord Baird - Available

Essential Composting Toilets

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Transform Waste into a Resource with Safe, Efficient Composting Toilets
Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Composting Toilets is the practical guide to designing, installing, and operating water-saving, environmentally friendly toilet systems. Learn how to turn human waste into compost while improving hygiene, reducing water use, and increasing resilience in homes or small buildings.

What You'll Learn

  • Water Conservation and Cost Savings: Minimize water use and reduce reliance on septic systems or municipal sewage.
  • Resource Recovery: Safely compost waste into usable soil amendments while maintaining health and safety standards.
  • System Selection Made Simple: Compare composting toilet types, ventilation strategies, urine separation, and new build versus retrofit applications.
  • Design, Installation, and Operation: Step-by-step guidance, drawings, and photos make planning and building your system clear and achievable.
  • Professional Yet Accessible: Ideal for DIYers, homeowners, designers, consultants, and water conservation advocates.
  • Written by Gord and Ann Baird, award-winning permaculture designers and sustainable building experts, this guide blends research, regulation compliance, and hands-on experience to make composting toilets a viable option for any home, whether urban or rural.

    Explore the full Sustainable Building Essentials series for illustrated, step-by-step guidance on natural and sustainable building systems, high-performance homes, and environmentally responsible construction.

    Formats

    • Kindle Book
    • OverDrive Read
    • EPUB ebook

    Languages

    • English