page_title: Incinerating toilet
hierarchical_section_title: Incinerating toilet
caption_attribution_description: English: WiC RTI International, Roca Sanitario, S.A., Duke University, Colorado State University, AppTech Solutions, NASA, U.S. Naval Research Lab, and NEERMAN USA, Spain, and India
context_page_description: An incinerating toilet is a type of dry toilet that burns human feces instead of flushing them away with water, as does a flush toilet.
  Incinerating toilets are used only for niche applications, which include:
  Apartments with limited or difficult access to waste plumbing.
  Houses without access to drains, and where building a septic tank would be difficult or uneconomic.
  On yachts and canal barges, as an alternative to a "black water" holding tank, which needs to be pumped out occasionally.
  On mobile homes, RVs and caravans/.
  Incinerating toilets may be powered by electricity, gas, dried feces or other energy sources. Incinerating toilets gather excrement in an integral ashpan and then incinerate it, reducing it to pathogen-free ash. Some will also incinerate "grey water" created from showers and sinks.
context_section_description: An incinerating toilet is a type of dry toilet that burns human feces instead of flushing them away with water, as does a flush toilet.
  Incinerating toilets are used only for niche applications, which include:
  Apartments with limited or difficult access to waste plumbing.
  Houses without access to drains, and where building a septic tank would be difficult or uneconomic.
  On yachts and canal barges, as an alternative to a "black water" holding tank, which needs to be pumped out occasionally.
  On mobile homes, RVs and caravans/(trailers).
  Incinerating toilets may be powered by electricity, gas, dried feces or other energy sources.  Incinerating  toilets gather excrement in an integral ashpan and then incinerate it,  reducing it to pathogen-free ash. Some will also incinerate "grey water" created from showers and sinks.
caption: Example of incineration toilet under development by RTI International. The blue section to the right contains some of the drying and combustion components.
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