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Here is everything you'll need to keep the toilet clean, and the compost pile active and healthy.

Generally, the health of a compost pile is relatively simple to maintain. But sometimes, things do go awry. That is where Compost Treatments come in.

Additives help you maintain microbial activity within the pile, speed up decomposition, balance out pH levels, prevent fly strike, negate damaging effects of pharmaceuticals on the compost, and generally prevent problems from arising.

Composting toilets are designed to keep flies away, and with proper maintenance flies shouldn't be a problem. If, however, you've found flies buzzing around your toilet, you need to deal with them sooner rather than later.

A well-designed and properly maintained toilet shouldn't have any unpleasant odours. If it does, something is wrong. Here are a few reasons as to why a composting toilet may start to generate odour, and ways to fix it.

The manner in which you empty a composting toilet will depend on the model of your toilet.

To ensure your toilet is performing at its best, it's recommended you stick to a regular maintenance schedule.

With a bit of water and a few sprays of Nature Flush Enzymes, keeping your composting toilet clean is easy as pie!

If you have a self-contained system that requires frequent emptying, it is WCTNZ recommended practice to set up a secondary treatment system in which the compost can mature prior to burial.

When the time comes to remove your first lot of humanure, how do you safely hand it?