You don’t need to purchase a commercial composting toilet to safely recycle human waste. A simple setup of a bucket, seat and sawdust — giving these toilets the name “sawdust potties” — will do. We ...

Yes, we really did it – we pooped in a bucket for three years. In this candid video, we share the unglamorous truth about life without a traditional toilet while living off-grid. From how we set up ...

Composting toilets are probably the world’s least glamorous product. What else can you say about a hefty, box-like receptacle that sits in your bathroom and processes a month’s worth of human waste ...

Part 3 of Grist’s special series on poop. Laura Allen, a 33-year-old teacher from Oakland, California, has a famous toilet. To be honest, it’s actually a box, covered in decorative ceramic tiles, ...

Plants grow around a golden toilet in a garden used to demonstrate the utility of recycled wastewater. (Photo by Loren Elliott / AFP) Environmentally friendly compostable toilets are increasingly ...