I think this is a very important issue. It has never made much
sense to me that we use a precious, vital resource (water) to flush
away our waste. There are many options for composting toilets and
systems, including the Living Machine (which uses a system of
plants and ponds for filtration of waster water on a community
scale), electric models which take all the moisture out of the
waste and leave a sawdust-like bi-product and others. I recently
read of a composting toilet in Australia that uses earthworms in
the process of digesting the waste and producing a usuable
fertilizer as a bi-product (mentioned in an earlier post). That
sounds like a much more sustainable approach than polluting our
drinking water! My next remodel or new home will have a composting
toilet. Thanks, Bennett, for having the courage to raise the issue
and get it into the political forum (and take the jokes that
inevitably come with that task!).

composting toilets don't smell at all, the waste products never sit
in a bowl, they drop far below and in addition there is a current
of air circulating the whole time. Worms take care of it and the
result is compost. No one loses, and you simply don't smell poop.

Bennett Gordon: Revolutionary.

I think the point is that you (collectively speaking) WON"T BE
TAKING ANY SHOWERS OR BRUSHING YOUR TEETH if we don't do something
about environmental crises, like water availability.
http://www.utne.com

What good is saving the enviroment if I have to smell poo when I
brush my teeth or take a shower?

You are great! http://www.mum.edu

Check out the cause on Facebook:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/35?h=plw&recruiter_id=1222http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/35?h=plw&recruiter_id=1222

What about the toilets with the two buttons. One for number one and
the other for number two?

Article in the latest(ish) Atlantic about the waste-disposal
industrty. Can't find it now because I'm in a KOREAN GIRLS MIDDLE
SCHOOL. http://bmackie.blogspot.com