This survey from the Vermont Ecological Sanitation Working Group seeks to characterize the current state of residential compost toilets in VT. All questions are optional and anonymous.

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* 1. Town (Vermont only):

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* 2. How interested are you in compost toilets?  

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* 3. If you have a compost toilet, how do you manage the solids?

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* 4. Please briefly share your experience with your solids management process (including your shallow burial permit and/or composting method).
  • How has it been working for you?
  • Has anything been challenging about it? 

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* 5. There is no permitting pathway in Vermont for residents to compost the solids from their compost toilets and reuse beneficially on their land. The current legal management pathways are landfilling, wastewater treatment plants, or shallow burial permits requiring a site that meets the specifications for a septic leach field with no prior composting required or encouraged.

Were you aware of this before taking this survey?

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* 6. Do you support the creation of a new legal pathway to allow Vermonter's to compost the solids from their toilets (with some required education & guidelines) for beneficial reuse on their land?

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* 7. What thoughts or concerns do you have about compost toilets in Vermont?

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