We-Pee News — urine separator

We post our separators to the far corners of the world, and there is one question we always love: where do they all end up? Pack your bags — here is a quick trip around the globe. First stop, rural New South Wales. Near Mudgee, Sean swapped a chemical loo for a separating one in his weekend shed: “It got a serious workout over Easter with ten friends camping. The verdict is it’s easier to use, not smelly, much simpler to empty — and it doesn’t use any of our precious rainwater.” Demand down under is so strong that Ken...

One of the best things about selling just the separator — rather than a finished toilet — is seeing the wildly different ways people build around it. As one customer put it, the only limit is your imagination. From the Netherlands, Guido Willemsen sent us his neat, clever build: “See below my solution for your We-Pee separator. Thanks for your contribution to this.” Simple, tidy and entirely his own. Neil went all in. “I built my own cabinet for it and a custom cabin around that, all from recycled materials. I added a few embellishments for comfort, got some friends...

From fincas tucked into the Spanish countryside to off-grid cabins along the Mediterranean coast, the baño seco — the dry toilet — is booming. Long hot summers and precious water make a waterless loo a genuinely smart choice, and a urine separator is the part that makes it all work. Anna found us through Amazon Spain and wrote to say: “It’s perfect! Your separator is just what I was looking for, and your care as sellers too. I went through your site last night and it was very useful — thanks for the video. Wishing you all the best. Saludos,...

In France and right across Europe, the toilette sèche à séparation has gone from punchline to must-have in van conversions. Vanlifers love that it needs no water, no chemicals and no service area — just a separator, a little imagination and the open road ahead. Take K. Hatzing, who sent us a photo of a separator tucked neatly into a Citroën Berlingo. “I wanted to show you one of the separators — it will drive with me in winter in my Berlingo to Portugal.” Bon voyage! Then there’s Laura, who built a portable dry toilet for her van. “Though the...