Together, the inventors hope to rethink a product and system that many people take for granted: starting with their students.

Inspiration comes in many forms. For me, it was my toilet backing up into my bathtub -- a situation that was not only disgusting but potentially expensive to fix. My usual response was to whip out the ...

Well, they say everything old is new again, but I’m not sure everyone wants to see this come back. At least you wouldn’t have to visit the little shack out back! I’m speaking of the new generation of ...

Latvian design and build workshop Zeltini has made answering the call of nature into an environmental statement with the “Temple of Poop,” a timber outhouse that composts human waste into fertilizer ...

LITTLE ROCK — For users more concerned about finding a toilet for a remote site than one that will play all your favorite tunes, a composting toilet could be just the ticket. Modern composting toilets ...

The most radical “green” features of the City of San Jose’s new Environmental Innovation Center are concealed behind two doors marked “Women” and “Men.” There, plopped between the other conventional ...

Part 3 of Grist’s special series on poop. Laura Allen, a 33-year-old teacher from Oakland, California, has a famous toilet. To be honest, it’s actually a box, covered in decorative ceramic tiles, ...