Sunday, June 2, 2024

Finland sets up U.S. distribution composting toilet store! A Collection Toilet is NOT a composting toilet!

 Finland composting toilets are now available in the US!
Read our 'Special Edition' newsletter to find out more!

 Eemeli Palo. Waterless Toilet Shop. Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland 

and he sent me a nice reply last August, 2023:

Your email comes to us during interesting times, because we are just preparing to expand our business into the U.S. I think the process will still take us about four to six months, before the Green Toilets are available there locally.😊

 

I contacted Finland about ordering from the U.s. and I informed them about the composting toilet ordinance!! So I'm very glad they have now set up a U.S. location that explains this difference: This is the same point that John Jenkins emphasizes in his Humanure composting book. He composts offsite while indoors he has a collection toilet (that therefore does NOT require a permit). 

 A compost toilet, on the other hand, is a toilet that collects toilet material so that it can be composted. Nothing happens inside the toilet other than collection. The collected material is composted in a separate outdoor bin. This is typically not regulated. I have never seen it regulated nor ever hear of backyard composting being regulated. So compost away!

Joe Jenkins quote....

He calls it a "compost toilet" versus a "composting toilet" but in fact he means a "collection toilet" as Jenkin explains. The code says a permit is required for a "composting toilet" in any structure but indeed this is NOT the same as a "collection toilet" even if they are marketed as "composting toilets" - let Green Loo explain! (P.s.


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