We-Pee News — urine separator

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...

Germany has fallen head over heels for the Trockentrenntoilette — the dry separating toilet. Up and down the country, vanlifers and tiny-home builders are swapping smelly chemical cassettes for something simpler, cleaner and completely waterless. At the heart of almost every one of these builds sits a single clever component: a urine separator. We love seeing where ours end up, and Steffi’s camper-van loo is a real beauty. “Finally I have built my CampingVan compost toilet,” Steffi told us from Germany. “The challenge for me was to save space, so I didn’t want to use a usual toilet seat. I...

A step-by-step guide to installing a We-Pee urine separator in your composting toilet — from positioning and fixing to pipework, testing, and tips from over 15 years of experience.