Category: In the news
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We made it to Separett’s newsletter!
In our never-ending search for the best eco-toilets, we studied the Separett eco-toilets developed in Sweden. Separett specializes in urine-diverting toilets, and modular compost bins instead of a single large container. We discovered that one new model, a urine-diverting composting toilet, had not been brought to the US yet. So, we imported two of them…
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Pick your “ick”
The following letter to the editor by Hilde Maingay was written in response to an editorial in The Falmouth Enterprise criticizing the “ick” factor of eco-toilets. The same paper published the letter on March 13, 2015. The alarm bells of the climate (and environmental) crisis have been ringing in our ears for years and…
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“Village Green” Special on Eco-Toilets
We were honored to be featured in Falmouth Community Television’s special program, Village Green, in December! The 15-minute segment focuses on Falmouth’s eco-toilet incentive program and how to find out more about alternative toilets. Hilde Maingay gives a tour of the eco-toilet center and her own home composting system, and Sia Karplus, the town’s eco-toilet…