Description
Our Green Loo GL90 waterless composting toilet system has a special capacity to compost due to its capillary floor. Our Green Loo GL90 is designed to ensure optimal levels of moisture, temperature, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen required to achieve good composting are present in the chamber. Moisture is managed through a drainage and evaporation system which removes excess liquid from the solids. Excess liquid evaporates through the ventilation pipe or is dispersed via a gravel filled dispersal trench.
Our Green Loo GL90 has a capacity of 90L. When the container is nearly full, the GL90 can be either emptied and returned or replaced with a spare container. Waste can then be left to decompose either inside the GL90 spare container or in a separate composter.
GL 90 is:
- Waterless , odourless & hygienic – No chemicals
- Solar option available
- Quick, easy installation – by any handyman
- Sturdy & simple design – break-down proof
- No fuss maintenance
- Locally made with recycled material
Green Loo’s GL 90 kits come with one Composting container with waste chute, spare container with sealed lid, timber rails, 12V fan & 240V power adaptor, vent fittings, excess liquids drainage hose, composting bacteria, liquid enzyme cleaner and 2 bags of peat covering material/bulking agent.
The package does not include a pedestal so you’ll just need to select a pedestal of your choice from our available range that can be viewed here
A ‘Helsinki’ Pedestal for example is one option available. This pedestal is an affordable compost toilet pedestal manufactured locally from durable Polyethylene, it combines elegant design with great practicality. It features a slow – close, quick release seat for easy cleaning.
Inclusions
GL 90 standard package includes:
- 2 x Composting Chamber with waste chute (90 litres)
- Ventilation kit (including brackets)
- 250V/12V wind fan (or whirlybird +$90)
- Excess liquids drainage hose
- Composting bacteria, 500ml flush enzyme & Spray bottle
- 2 – 3 bags of peat covering material/bulking agent.
To reduce transport costs we don’t include the lengths of 100mm vent pipe which is readily available from your local hardware or plumbing store.
Specifications
The GL 90 measures 600 w x 600 d x 450 mm high, the adjustable chute extends up to an extra 600 mm.
The volume of the system is two containers at 90 l each, which services
2 – 3 people full time (10 visits daily (average), 3,650 visits annually (approximately)) –
each optional spare container purchased adds 2 – 3 people extra to this capacity
Maintenance
Every few months to a year the Green Loo composting toilet chambers will need to be rotated/exchanged. No official training is required to carry out the rotation.
If the toilet is used consistently by the same number of people, you will soon see how often the ‘In-Service’ chamber needs to be replaced as this is dependent on use.
You can purchase any number of compost chambers in a package but the minimum is two. You can either upgrade to the three chamber model when you first purchase the system or buy a third chamber at a later date.
A sufficient number of chambers must be purchased to allow the out-of-service chamber a minimum time from the time they are disconnected from the waste chute.
Every few weeks you should shine a torch down the toilet pedestal to see if it is full, (when the compost pile reaches the top of the internal vent pipes). This is not as bad as it sounds since the pile will always be covered with sugar cane mulch and toilet paper.
When the ‘In-Service’ chamber is full, you will need to swap it with the ‘Out-of-Service’ chamber.
To exchange the chambers:
- Disconnect the chamber(s) from the liquid drain and ventilation pipe
- The compost pile in the Out-of-Service chamber should have reduced in size to about 20% of its original size and contain a maximum of 75% moisture. This ‘humus’ must then be disposed of as per the local health department regulations. This normally means placing the humus under 10cm of soil or other plant based compost.
- Unscrew the flexible vent pipe from the compost chamber
- Close the liquid drain valve and disconnect it from the base of the chamber.
- Unstrap the lid of the chamber and lift it up the waste chute.
- Slide or roll the chamber on the trolley to one side and immediately put on the lid from the emptied Out-of-Service chamber. The lid contains an insect-screened air intake cap to allow circulation to continue.
- Depending on the model this full chamber is either connected up to the liquid drain and ventilation system beside the In-Service chamber or is capped with insect-meshed breathers and left in an airy and sunny spot on the property to compost.
- The empty chamber can then be placed into position under the toilet pedestal, the chamber lid lowered and the flexible vent pipe and liquid drain hose reconnected leaving the liquid drain valve in the open position
