Almost every culture on the planet has a taboo around human excrement, but Dutch design studio Makkink & Bey is looking to break loose of that stigma with the Compost Kliko Toilet. The portable outhouse collects urine and feces and turns those materials into perfectly usable compost for farms or gardens.
Rianne Makkink and Juergen Bey, the duo behind Makkink & Bey, have used the method employed in Compost Kliko Toilet on their own farm for a number of years. The process is relatively simple: the toilet does not use any water, so feces is collected in the receptacle alone. After using the toilet, the user sprinkles ash on it to reduce odor and enrich the compost. Over time, the waste will naturally transform into rich compost. Urine drains into a separate receptacle where it can be collected and used for producing electricity.
What's Driving This Trend
- Sustainable Waste Management
- The Compost Kliko Toilet presents an opportunity for companies to embrace sustainable waste management practices by collecting human waste and transforming it into usable compost.
- Waterless Sanitation Solutions
- The portable outhouse design of the Compost Kliko Toilet opens up possibilities for disruptive innovation in the development of waterless sanitation solutions.
- Circular Economy
- The Compost Kliko Toilet aligns with the principles of the circular economy by closing the nutrient loop and repurposing waste materials into valuable compost.
Who This Affects Most
- Agriculture
- The Compost Kliko Toilet offers the agriculture industry an innovative solution for generating organic compost that can enhance soil fertility and crop productivity.
- Renewable Energy
- The urine collection system in the Compost Kliko Toilet could be leveraged by the renewable energy industry to extract valuable nutrients and produce electricity.
- Outdoor Events
- The portable nature of the Compost Kliko Toilet makes it a disruptive innovation within the outdoor events industry, providing eco-friendly and hygienic sanitation options.
