More Information on Composting Latrines

• International Water and Sanitation Center: A compilation of internet links for environmental sanitation.

http://www.irc.nl/LINKS/sanitation.html


• Excellent technical brief on composting toilets from ITDG (practical answers to poverty).

http://www.itdg.org/html/technical_enquiries/docs/compost_toilets.pdf


• Technical briefs on several types of latrines. Includes principles of operation, operational and institutional requirements, costs, and comments on each type.

http://www.dwaf.gov.za/dir_ws/content/lids/PDF/Technical.pdf


• EcoSan Research including pilot plants in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

http://www.ecosanres.org/index.html


• Ecological Sanitation in Zimbabwe (includes ArborLoo, Fossa Alterna, and SkyLoo).

http://aquamor.tripod.com/page2.html


• If interested in attending a workshop, this page has a list of workshops on composting latrines through the Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention. The workshops are tailored to local conditions, building materials, cultural attitudes, and climate.

http://www.cepp.cc/workshops.html


• This site has many good pictures of composting latrines
  http://www.riles.org/index.html
  
  
• A good reference for reuse of human waste in agriculture and aquaculture
  http://www.sandec.ch/reuse/reuse.html
  
  
• Another website on latrines by the forestry class. Contains more technical information on how the composting actually works.
  http://peacecorps.mtu.edu/erda/