Dry toilet
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A dry toilet is a toilet which, unlike a flush toilet, does not use flush water. Dry toilets do not use water to move excreta along or block odors. They do not produce sewage, and are not connected to
A container-based toilet or bucket toilet, a type of dry toilet
Pit latrines are a type of dry toilet and are in use in some rural areas (Herøy, Norway).
A urine-diverting dry toilet in South Africa
Composting toilet at Activism Festival 2010 in the mountains outside Jerusalem
Pit latrine
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A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground. Urine and feces enter the pit through a drop hole in the floor, which might be connected
Dry toilet
…toilet. May have a toilet seat, with or without a lid. May be accompanied by material (e.g. wood ash, sawdust, or quick lime) to cover excreta after use. Pit latrine – excluding pour-flush versions with water seal Urine-diverting dry toilet – urine and feces collected separately…
Defecating into a pit
Common problem: water well (foreground) is in close proximity to the pit latrine (brick building at the back), leading to groundwater pollution (example from Lusaka, Zambia).
Digging the pit for an Arborloo, a type of pit toilet in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Well maintained pit latrine at a rural household near Maseru, Lesotho