We-Pee News

People are making their own compost toilets in a wide variety of settings all around the world. Here are some photos of a home-made composting toilet using the we-pee urine separator, sent to us from the beautiful island of La Gomera. What a stunning view! You can follow our free step-by-step Guide on how to build a simple composting toilet box here.

In addition to the Portable Composting Toilet Box plans that are already available for free, we are currently working on electronic downloads of plans for our larger stand-alone composting toilets, which will be available on the we-pee site soon. The Bog Standard and Gypsy Caravan composting toilets are very successful toilet designs that we have made for many individuals, campsites, allotments and institutions across the UK. These toilets are designed and built by Free Range Designs: you can see the full range of Wooden Composting Toilets here.

The We-pee urine diverter was first developed in 2011 in Wales, UK, for use in our own composting toilet projects. We have since sold over 1,500 separators across the world to individuals and organisations building composting toilets in every corner of the globe. The list of countries that we have sent our separator to is growing all the time. To date, the countries comprise: Alaska Australia Canada Colombia France Germany Haiti Ireland New Zealand Portugal South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Tenerife The Netherlands The Ukraine UK United States

The Germany children's charity Haiti Kinderhilfe has been using the we-pee urine separators in new composting toilet blocks that are part of a school and kindergarten building project in Haiti, where there is an urgent need for new educational buildings and sanitary facilities. In rural areas of Haiti where there is currently no electricity or infrastructure, composting toilets play a vital role in providing essential facilities that do not require any electricity or water.

We have added a new section to our webpage entitled :DIY Plans where you can find out more information about how to build a compost toilet box We have been asked how me make our compost toilet box and have been meaning to share our plans for some time now. Here are some photographs illustrating how to build your own simple DIY composting toilet. We have added more detailed drawings with measurements in the DIY Plans and the photos below should give you a pretty good start. This system uses a 25 litre bucket that can easily be purchased on...