If you're not sure of what to do with the waste you produce, then why don't you burn it instead? Incineration toilets are specifically designed to accomplish this and are easy to install and operate.

What do you do with sewage when there is a short supply of water, or you don't have a toilet or septic tank? Homesteaders have dealt with this issue by installing outhouses and then enduring the elements whenever the weather demands. Outhouses, however, require additional real space, and they aren't permanent; they have to be moved as they get full.

The three options available to those who would prefer to keep their toilet inside the house include composting, chemicals, and incinerating the toilet. Of the three options, incinerating toilets are the cleanest.

What Is an Incinerating Toilet?

The name suggests that the incinerating toilet is a device that is a toilet that burns human waste. The most popular is a standalone unit; however, systems are also in place that connects multiple toilets to one central combustion unit.

Standalones run on propane, electricity, natural gas, or diesel. They typically burn the waste following every use. Systems with multiple units typically start incinerating only when they have a certain amount of waste.

Toilets that are incinerated can manage solid and liquid waste. They expel odorous gases using the vent pipe, which in the top models, has catalytic converters to "scrub" the gases and create them to be harmless. When properly utilized, the incinerating toilets do not require regular cleaning, with the only requirement being to empty the storage tank for ash.

Incineration toilets do not need the connection to sewers or a water supply. The installation process is easy, drop the toilet into the right spot and install a vent pipe to it and connect it to a source of power. It is then connected to the power source by hard wiring or connecting it to a fuel line.

How Does an Incinerating Toilet Work?

A toilet that is incinerating is designed as a regular toilet. The trap door on the lower part of the cone-shaped basin is a waste container that is home to the incinerator. Certain models require you to put a cone-shaped liner in the bowl. Other models have a smaller reservoir of water to clean the bowl.

After flushing the tank, your contents (and even the liner in the event that there's one) go into the reservoir or are transported there via abrasive gear. They're then burned off when the burning cycle starts.

One-time use produces around one teaspoon of ash, equivalent to around 1 cup of ash for each person each week. Ash is deposited in a tank at the bottom of the toilet, under the incineration chamber. It has to be regularly emptied, typically by removing the drawer. Ash is clean of pathogens and bacteria and has enough potassium and phosphorous that it can double as fertilizer for the garden.

The burn cycle usually stops after someone lifts the lid. The cycle is activated by pressing on the lever (equivalent to flushing), which allows two or three users to flush the toilet at once.