Toilet Twinning

[Andy in Germany]

We went to the Ugly House at Bettws y Coed last year - the toilet near the house was out of use, so a short walk up a hill gave the alternative of a 'composting toilet'
My Wife didn't like it at all. I agreed with her.
Many people commented on a review site that the composting toilet was great—it seemed in a sort of 'eco' way.
Until then, I thought everyone had accepted the better sanitation we had adopted over centuries was superior to dysentery etc we had left behind (no pun intended)

A friend of mine lived a very long time in a cabin north of Oslo, and had a composting toilet. He'd also commute to work in the city regularly: he said that he never smelled poo at home, but often smelled it at work.

According to the very well written Humanure Handbook, ("Sh*t in a nutshell") it takes care to build such a system, but they can be made to work very well.