Outside Compost toilets.

This is an interesting project that I came across in Estonia and is a wonderfully easy and beautiful way to create an outside eco compost toilet. Our very busy and talented friends there from Säästvad Ehituslahendused http://www.ehituslahendused.ee created this one.
These toilets are extremely common in the Nordic countries and are usually built with wood. All the cottages have them and most of the old houses have them in the garden somewhere. Even the ecologically minded modern builders still build one in their gardens for summer use to save water and create extra compost material for their gardens. A great Finnish company producing such toilets is Biolan. Check their home pages at http://www.biolan.fi and see some of the different variotions they have for both indoor and outdoor use. More to come on this subject in the following months blogs as we aim to investigate grey water and waste water management treatments systems for the modern family home.
The following pictures show the simple process of this build however and this for me is still one of the easiest and most basic ways of saving water. Seems they have done it all in the same day too.

Building the framework

Beautiful woven willow

Hanging window

Natural colored clay in Estonia

A bit of trimming

Simple plastering work

The toilet seat.

Wonderful finish