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An example of an early (1904) incinerating toilet from the Lexikon der gesamten Technik. An incinerating toilet is a type of dry toilet that burns human feces instead of flushing them away with water, as does a flush toilet. [1] The thermal energy used to incinerate the waste can be derived from electricity, fuel, oil, or liquified petroleum gas.
An outhouse — known variously across the English-speaking world otherwise as bog, dunny, long-drop, or privy — is a small structure, separate from a main building, which covers a toilet. This is typically either a pit latrine or a bucket toilet , but other forms of dry (non-flushing) toilets may be encountered.
Prevention, waste minimisation, reuse and recycling of waste should all be preferred to incineration according to the waste hierarchy. Supporters of zero waste consider incinerators and other waste treatment technologies as barriers to recycling and separation beyond particular levels, and that waste resources are sacrificed for energy production.
The privy midden (also midden closet) was a toilet system that consisted of a privy associated with a midden (or middenstead, i.e. a dump for waste). They were widely used in rapidly expanding industrial cities such as Manchester in England, but were difficult to empty and clean.
Human waste (or human excreta) refers to the waste products of the human digestive system, menses, and human metabolism including urine and feces.As part of a sanitation system that is in place, human waste is collected, transported, treated and disposed of or reused by one method or another, depending on the type of toilet being used, ability by the users to pay for services and other factors.
Camping toilets, usually sold under the $100 mark, don't require any water and hold waste in a container similar to a port-a-potty. It's not the sexiest option, but hey, there's always Poo-Pourri !
A plastic bucket fitted with a toilet seat for comfort and a lid and plastic bag for waste containment. A bucket toilet is a basic form of a dry toilet whereby a bucket (pail) is used to collect excreta. Usually, feces and urine are collected together in the same bucket, leading to odor issues.
A toilet [n 1] is a piece of sanitary hardware that collects human waste (urine and feces), and sometimes toilet paper, usually for disposal. Flush toilets use water, while dry or non-flush toilets do not.