Much to my surprise the guy who invented the Clivus Multrum was neither Clivus nor Multrum. I know, weird eh? Guess that’s what happens when you ‘ass-u-me’. Doe! Actually, the dude who invented it was a Swedish engineer back in 1939 by the name of Rikard Lindstrom, and the toilet was named after its unique…
Category Archives: Composting Toilet
The Outhouse
‘Privy‘, ‘Johns‘, ‘the Crapper‘, ‘the Can‘, or just plain old Outhouse is by any other name the classic, timeless ode to the original (in my opinion) composting toilet. In layman’s terms you dig a hole for the latrine and place a small building over it for protection and privacy to do your business. Over time…
Sun-Mar Composting Toilets
I can’t speak to all makes and models of Sun-mar’s full range of products, but I can comment on one in particular; the ‘Excel’ that retails in mainstream places like Home Depot. I LOVE that composting toilets are making their way into the big chains because if the ‘Depot’ is carrying it, it can’t be…
The Humanure Toilet
First off let me just bow to Joseph Jenkins, author of the ‘Humanure Handbook’, when I say Bill and Ted style, “We are not worthy”. This man has single-handedly come up with the most practical, sane, hygienic, and useful means of dealing with human waste that I have ever heard of. This is no light…