one-day course

compost toilets

venue: Hackney City Farm, London

The course is run by Sarah Bunker (aka Bunk) who has been fanatically interested in compost toilets since she and fellow communards built a twin-vault system at Beech Hill Community, Devon, in 1991.

The course will look in depth at compost toilets and how they work, the wide variety of systems that can be built or bought and build details of treebogs, wheeliebin and twin-vault toilets. Students should leave with a thorough grounding in the principles of composting human waste, and practical understanding of how to achieve this.

The course includes:

  • a wide-ranging look at different compost toilet systems
  • the anatomy of the compost toilet - how all the components work
  • common misunderstandings
  • proper maintenance and troubleshooting
  • pathogens and how to deal with them
  • inspiring images of compost toilets!

dates: see 'book online' below

more on compost toilets


how to book:
  

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arrive:
  
for a 10am prompt start
depart:
  
after the course finishes at 4pm
directions:
  
click here for directions to Hackney City Farm
what to bring:
  
pen and notebook; packed lunch (if you're not using the cafe)
let us know:
  
if you have any special needs
price:
  
£60
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
lunch:
  
bring a packed lunch or you can get lunch at the cafe
car sharing:
  
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 

 




here's a cutaway diagram of an outdoor compost loo at Beech Hill Community in Devon

 

 


and here's an indoor one, at Redfield Community in Bucks

 

 


and finally, here's a treebog, at the Middlewood Trust in Lancashire