Cortlandt Station, a commuter train station on the Metro-North railroad from New York City, was recently renovated in 2009 with the addition of an extended overpass, new elevated waiting area, additional parking and access road, as well as a Clivus compost toilet system.

The sewer was prohibitively expensive so the Clivus system was installed as a cost-effective solution. The restroom will be open to commuters in February 2012.

February 27-March 2, 2012

Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV

Stop by Booth #856 to check out the M54 Trailhead restroom building and our Foam-flush toilet.

In Alaska the weather isn’t quite as sweltering as we’ve seen here in Massachusetts and we hear the sun never sets this time of year. Maybe it’s time for a visit.

Hallo Bay, the bear viewing camp in Katmai, AK,  has a webcam set up atop the building that houses the Clivus Multrum composting toilets. Have a look. Also take a look at Hallo Bay’s blog which is always chock a block with great bear photos.

Hallo Bay installed a medium sized composting tank for seasonal use at their eco-camp in 2003. It’s been providing a comfortable experience for visitors every summer since. Here in the Clivus Multrum office we wish they had more reason for maintenance visits. We’d love to stop by and check it out.

Lookaway Golf Club in Buckingham, PA recently made an addition to its course. A custom Clivus Multrum M54 Trailhead will offer golfers comfort on far flung areas of the course.

The composting toilet system and restroom building were delivered pre-fabricated and custom finished with cedar shingle and stacked stone exterior and a cedar shingle roof.  The foam-flush toilet fixture offers the comfort of home and a built in solar-powered fan eliminates all odors.

This post is about two and a half weeks late. Apologies.

April 9th The Picardo P-Patch in Seattle, Washington hosted a gardener gathering to kick off the spring growing season.

According to Trent Elwing, organizer, “Tours were part of Saturday’s (4/9/11) activities including a stop at Picaloo.  Gardeners got a how-to on making deposits and then the porch floor was swung up for the turd’s eye view.”

The P-Patch is a community garden where neighborhood residents keep plots. The Picaloo is a Clivus Multrum M54 Trailhead that’s available year round to gardeners.

Enjoy a few photos from the event courtesy of Trent:

Each week Slate.com features one poem, including the poet reading the poem aloud.

Last week Sharon Olds read her poem “Ode to a Composting Toilet.” It’s a great read. If you need a teaser:

…

Yankees shit, Red Sox shit,
in excremental harmony;

…

If you know of a composting toilet where Red Sox and Yankee shit mingle in excremental harmony please let us know.

Take a look & listen for yourself.

Environmental Building News, the publication from BuildingGreen recently ran an article about the composting systems at the World Trade Center construction site in New York City.

Clivus Multrum composting systems are providing comfortable restroom facilities and food composting to save time and money by reducing crane usage for waste hauling.

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Source: Environmental Building News

Glenwood Country Club in Old Bridge, New Jersey recently installed a custom M54 Trailhead on its newly renovated course.

In order to harmonize with the aesthetics of the course, stone and clapboard exterior and a metal roof were added to a pre-fabricated structure.

The new composting restroom will offer comfort to golfers at the farthest reaches of the course with a waterless urinal and 6 oz. Foam-flush toilet.

The March issue of Construction Canada ran a feature about composting toilets written by Clivus Multrum’s own Don Mills and Amy Galvin.

“Harnessing Wasted Opportunities: the technology behind composting toilets” covers the history of human sanitation, the troubles of the current prevailing technologies and the advantages and technology of composting systems. There are also a few quick case studies.

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Source: Construction Canada

Churchill Northern Studies Center, a facility designed to feed and lodge researchers while they conduct northern scientific research, is located 23 km east of Churchill, Manitoba on Hudson Bay. In accordance with their vision “to understand and sustain the North” the new building which should open next month was designed to LEED Gold standards.

Clivus Multrum composting toilets contribute to LEED points and allow the facility to significantly reduce water for flushing and allow waste management to be contained neatly within the footprint of the building. In the dormitory area, four waterless toilets and 2 mid-sized composters provide restroom facilities for up to 90,000 uses per year. Twelve flush toilets are also installed in other areas of the building.

Composting toilets should prove a big savings for the research station. Last year they spent $25,000 in trucking fees to have sewage moved to a treatment facility.

Polar Bear visits were not uncommon on the construction site so a watch dog named Silver was always nearby to give a warning when one stops by. Whenever the big white visitors were present workers found secure lodging until the bear moved on.