Froit Vander Harst has been living in ger district near Gandan monastery for more than 10 years.
Today he talks about his experience on dry toilet and inline smoke filter that can be used and installed in normal houses and Mongol gers.
"I lived in ger for 10 years. Living in ger means you live in outside and the toilet is outside. We started with wooden toilet, digging a hole. But we had a big rain in Holland which happens a lot and a toilet fills of water. It causes big disaster for us. After the first two years, we decided to find a better way to make a toilet.
In Holland, we have problem with the water. In Ulaanbaatar we have problem with the cold and snow. Inspired by the Nonolet invented by 'de 12 Ambachten' in Holland, we find a way to make reasonable toilet without water.
Basically by separating fluids from solids, in a perforated bag, and then dry by ventilation. Paper-cover and presser make sure the bag is used to max. Venting-system makes sure there is no smells, and dries the solids continuously.
The liquids gather in a basin under the bucket, this gets mixed with our kitchen-water-waste and dumped in the local storm drain. The storm-drain is a nice green wetland in summer. We empty our liquid two times every week. Because two of us live together. We empty our solids two or three weeks usually.
Solids are disposed off with the normal garbage, frozen in bag, or, in summer, bag-in-box, we have no means to re-use it. If you have lots of solids, you can give it to farmers. If you have 100 hundred families in one street, then you can start a business.
It is really important to close the toilet lid when you do not use it. If you close, it doesn`t smell".
Froit Vander Harst has been living in ger district near Gandan monastery for more than 10 years.
Today he talks about his experience on dry toilet and inline smoke filter that can be used and installed in normal houses and Mongol gers.
"I lived in ger for 10 years. Living in ger means you live in outside and the toilet is outside. We started with wooden toilet, digging a hole. But we had a big rain in Holland which happens a lot and a toilet fills of water. It causes big disaster for us. After the first two years, we decided to find a better way to make a toilet.
In Holland, we have problem with the water. In Ulaanbaatar we have problem with the cold and snow. Inspired by the Nonolet invented by 'de 12 Ambachten' in Holland, we find a way to make reasonable toilet without water.
Basically by separating fluids from solids, in a perforated bag, and then dry by ventilation. Paper-cover and presser make sure the bag is used to max. Venting-system makes sure there is no smells, and dries the solids continuously.
The liquids gather in a basin under the bucket, this gets mixed with our kitchen-water-waste and dumped in the local storm drain. The storm-drain is a nice green wetland in summer. We empty our liquid two times every week. Because two of us live together. We empty our solids two or three weeks usually.
Solids are disposed off with the normal garbage, frozen in bag, or, in summer, bag-in-box, we have no means to re-use it. If you have lots of solids, you can give it to farmers. If you have 100 hundred families in one street, then you can start a business.
It is really important to close the toilet lid when you do not use it. If you close, it doesn`t smell".