New Booklet "Dry toilets with separate waste collection and composting" is published. The booklet tells about dry toilets as a variety of wastewater treatment facilities for individual households. The booklet containts information about the types of dry toilets, the principles of operation and benefits, and the importance of using them to reduce the nutrient load into the water bodies of the Baltic Sea basin. Text is avalable in russian language.
How to deal with the problem of domestic wastewater treatment in settlements without central canalization, what kinds of the toilets to choose for rural households, and how to protect our water bodies from pollution - that were the topics of the seminar “Environmentally friendly ways of wastewater treatment for small settlements and gardening communities”.
Seminar was held on November 29 in Saint-Petersburg by Ecocentrum Ltd within the Coalition Clean Baltic program "Barent-Baltic Region. Nature and People", and the project "Small-scale local solutions to reduce nutrient load into the Baltic Sea" of the Baltic Sea Conservation Fund.
The dry eco-toilet, established 9th of September 2017 in the FAUNA gardening community on watershed of the drainage areas of the rivers Shingarka and Chernaya, has been working around 2,5 months until winter frost.
How to deal with the problem of domestic wastewater treatment in settlements without central canalization, what kinds of the toilets to choose for rural households, and how to protect our water bodies from pollution - that were the topics of the seminar “Environmentally friendly ways of wastewater treatment for small settlements and gardening communities”.
Seminar was held on November 29 in Saint-Petersburg by Ecocentrum Ltd within the Coalition Clean Baltic program "Barent-Baltic Region. Nature and People", and the project "Small-scale local solutions to reduce nutrient load into the Baltic Sea" of the Baltic Sea Conservation Fund.
Ecocentrum is the platform for cooperation between NGOs, businesses and authorities, designed to facilitate the development and implementation of environmental policies and promote green solutions.