| With living expenses on the rise and family incomes | | | | composting chamber, also known as the drum, sits |
| falling, more people than ever are now looking for | | | | beneath the toilet seat, and this drum must be large |
| ways to cut costs at home. Pair this frugality with | | | | enough to accommodate the waste that the toilet |
| the increased popularity of going green, and it's easy | | | | will process. Units with elevated seats usually also |
| to see why composting toilets are becoming a widely | | | | feature a small footstool attached to the front of |
| accepted alternative to the standard flush toilet. Not | | | | the toilet, allowing the person to easily step up. If |
| only are they environmentally friendly, but they can | | | | you have children or elderly people living in your |
| also save most families a significant amount of | | | | home, you must consider whether they would be |
| money on annual water and sewer or septic costs. | | | | able to easily reach the seat. If it might be a problem, |
| However, before you rush out to replace your flush | | | | then you should be sure to select a unit that has a |
| toilet with a new composting model, there are some | | | | standard height seat as opposed to an elevated one. |
| considerations you should take into account to decide | | | | For homes with very young children, there are some |
| whether a composting toilet is right for your family. | | | | other considerations as well. Anyone who has kids |
| First and foremost, the type of composting toilet | | | | knows that lots of children have a fascination with |
| system you'll need should be based on the number of | | | | flushing strange items down the toilet. With a |
| people living in your household. You must also ask | | | | traditional toilet, this usually results in a clogged pipe |
| yourself if you want to replace every toilet in your | | | | which can be remedied with a plunger. In the case of |
| house with a composting system, or only one or | | | | a composting toilet, it's not so simple. Because the |
| two. This will also have an impact on the model you | | | | waste isn't flushed away, whatever the child puts |
| select. The reason for this is because composting | | | | into the toilet is going to simply remain in the |
| toilets are sold based on capacity-that is, how much | | | | composting drum, and may have to be manually |
| waste they are designed to hold and process. This | | | | removed. Therefore, if you have kids in your home, |
| capacity is typically stated in the number of people | | | | you'll want to be sure to impress upon them the |
| using the toilet. For example, a system designed to | | | | importance of not putting any foreign objects into |
| be used by a family of four on an ongoing or | | | | the toilet. |
| residential basis will be significantly larger and more | | | | Buying a composting toilet is a big investment and it's |
| expensive than a unit for use by one or two people | | | | not something that you should rush into. As you can |
| on an occasional or weekend basis. | | | | see, there are a lot of questions to ask yourself and |
| Your next important consideration should be the | | | | the answers will factor into your purchasing decision. |
| people that make up your family. Do you have young | | | | Once you've considered some of these important |
| children or teenagers living at home? Are there | | | | aspects of composting toilet ownership, you'll be in a |
| elderly people with some physical restrictions? Some | | | | better position to determine whether one might be |
| composting toilets are built a bit taller than a | | | | right for your family. |
| traditional toilet. The reason for this is because the | | | | |