For less than $100 and a day's work, a single family in an undeveloped country can construct a solid waste disposal system that not only processes the waste, but requires no electricity or additional energy while destroying harmful pathogens.

ALTOONA, Iowa, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- We've all heard of recycling bottles, cans, and newspapers. But what about recycling human waste? This radical concept, once embraced only by hippies, is now going mainstream thanks to the growing popularity of composting toilets.

By Erin Fuchs, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Apr. 4--DALTON, Ga. -- Over a recent 10-year period studied, at least 2,000 septic systems in Whitfield and Murray counties failed and spilled raw sewage in the Conasauga River watershed, according to the Conasauga River Alliance.

By Erica F. Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Dec. 2--BURKE, Idaho -- When Jackie Stepro washes the dishes in her chipped yellow sink, the soapy water no longer flows down the drain, within seconds shooting into the middle of Canyon Creek.

By Chau Lam, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jun. 12--A group of Suffolk lawmakers has agreed to set aside $1.2 million in the 2008-2010 capital plan to pay for a sewer study that would help them plan for the county's needs for sewage treatment in the years to come.