A busy rest area in outback New South Wales has received a series of upgrades, including the installation of a flushing ...

By 1596, a flushing toilet had been patented by Sir John Harrington but didn’t become popular until much later. Image caption, An earth closet is better known today as a composting toilet.

The toilet is an ingenious two-storied system with the toilet on the top layer and the composting unit underneath. How does it create compost After using the toilet, people are ideally advised to ...