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Loughborough University wins prize for its reinvented toilet

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What fantastic nonsense. The Centre for Alternative Technology has published excellent plans for a closed composting toilet for many years. We built one and have used it without problems for 10 years. Restoring vital nutrients safely to the soil is top priority. The flush toilet is our civilisation's greatest mistake.

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30 Aug 2012

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10:25 am

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