The simplest separating compost toilet basically diverts the urine into one tank and the solids into another. This ‘urine-diverting’ compost toilet keeps the liquids from the solids which are each easy to deal with, whereas combined they are a dangerous, smelly, ‘gloop’.
![A solids tank and liquids bottle inside a composting toilet A solids tank and liquids bottle inside a composting toilet](https://www.strumpetandtrollop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screenshot-2021-06-24-at-10.37.11-772x1024.jpg)
The term ‘composting toilet’ is a little misleading as the composting is not actually done in the toilet but a secondary location, the toilet is more of a composting aid.