In fact, in my small community of 800 people, about half live without flush toilets and instead use an outhouse. This means my wife and I venture outside whenever nature calls — even in the winter ...

A composting toilet is a plastic five-gallon bucket with a lid that has natural material inside like twigs, coffee grinds, and leaves. It also has instructions on the bucket on how to use it.

If your composting toilet is used occasionally—such as on RV road trips—then the compost can be emptied once a season.