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Envirolet Provides Green Sanitation Solution for Church

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Steve in Wisconsin sent us a couple nice shots of the Envirolet MS10 composting toilet system installed in their community church. We’re glad Envirolet is providing a green sanitation solution for them!

“Dear sirs;

Here are a couple of pix of our little church and the room we added inside for the Envirolet. We are a small group of mostly older folks and all feel real good about using indoor facilities instead of the “out-house”. The installation went well. Our lack of water and sewer presented quite a problem providing for needed conveniences. We thank you for your help in choosing the right unit. We can now plan on a small picnic area on the south side of the church this spring!!

Thank you again.”

Sincerely,

Steve S.
Grantsburg, WI

Thanks, Steve! We appreciate it!

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Envirolet on Trend Hunter

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Envirolet composting toilets got pegged as a hot trend on Trend Hunter. Trend Hunter monitors trends in art, fashion, design, technology and more.

Cindy Loves Both of Her Envirolet Systems

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Envirolet replaces septic in home and adds sanitation to a camper.

Cindy in Maine sends us this photo and some very nice comments about her two Envirolet composting toilet systems.

“We bought our first Envirolet composting toilet 2 years ago and used it with our camper on our property in Maine while we were building our house. We decided to put a low water unit in our house instead of a septic system.

The composting unit is outside the house in a small shed. The toilet inside looks and works great. You have a wonderful product and customer service that can’t be beat.”

Cindy H.
Maine

Thanks, Cindy! We really appreciate it!

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Get Your Buzz with Google Reader

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There are a few ways to read Envirolet Buzz. You can:

• Visit the Buzz web site at enviroletbuzz.com
• Subscribe via email or
• Subscribe via an RSS reader with the Buzz feed, what I am going to highlight today

Subscribing in a reader application is a great way to catch up on Buzz and any other feeds you like to read. In particular I am going to talk about Google Reader, the one I use for all my feeds.

Google Reader let’s you keep track of your favourite web sites. From the Reader Tour:

Stay up to date
Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won’t miss a thing.

Simplify your reading experience
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Discover new content
Millions of sites publish feeds with their latest updates, and our built in feed search makes it easy to find new content that interests you.

So check it out. The tour explains how it works. You will need a Google Account (or Gmail account).

And, be sure to add the Envirolet Buzz feed!:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/EnviroletBuzz

Envirolet in Ecologium (en Francais)

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French speaking Envirolet Buzz readers might want to check out this story in the French Ecologium that discusses composting toilets and quotes me regarding water use.

Here’s a portion:

“Selon Scott Smith, vice président de la société canadienne Sancor Industries, productrice des toilettes à compost Envirolet pour le Canada et les Etats-Unis, une chasse à bas débit utilise environ six litres d’eau. Avec des toilettes sèches, il est possible d’économiser plus de 8 000 litres d’eau par an, suivant une moyenne de quatre utilisations par jour. D’ici vingt-cinq, cinquante ou cent ans, nous ne pourrons probablement plus nous permettre le luxe d’utiliser de l’eau potable pour nous débarrasser de nos excréments, argumente t-il.”

We also have information about Envirolet composting toilets available in French on our Canadian and European sites.

We Try Hard!

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Rick S. in Winnipeg sent us some comments via our after-order feedback form about his recent small parts order. It didn’t start out as the best customer experience with some shipping issues, but it sounds like our customer service team was able to remedy the situation.

“The vendor is excellent. The shipping company tracking and delivery system had some problems with a way bill numbers error. I eventually visited the shipping office and picked up the order in person. Sancor replied promptly to my email and it was their effort that tracked the location of the package.”

Send us your comments, testimonials and suggestions today!

Raj Haus: Living Green Blogs Envirolet

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Raj Haus: Living Green posted about Envirolet composting toilets.

This is the first of hopefully lots of new blog entries about Envirolet! Thanks, Raj! Be sure to check out his site.

BLOGGING FOR BUZZ
As part of a campaign on Treehugger, we are asking bloggers to blog about Envirolet to get the word out about Envirolet, composting toilets, green sanitation and saving water. Send us your blog post.

Blog Envirolet Composting Toilets!

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If You Blog, We Will Link

As part of a campaign on Treehugger, we are asking bloggers to blog about Envirolet to get the word out about Envirolet, composting toilets, green sanitation and saving water.

As part of our call for bloggers, we said we would post links to posts about Envirolet. The first one is coming up next!

Spring Cottage Life Show Booth Details

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We posted about Envirolet Composting Toilets being on display at the Spring Cottage Life Show recently.

We can now confirm that we are going to be in Booth 2901 in Hall 4A.

So, be sure to come and find us!

Escape Artist Loves His Envirolet

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Escape Artist Great Norman Bigelow sent us a great letter (by mail) about how happy he is with our company (especially Anna!) and his Envirolet MS10 composting toilet (purchased in 2003).

Bigelow was known for many acts including Trial by Fire, Straitjacket Escape and The Doors of Death.

“Although he is now retired, Norm Bigelow performed for years as one of America’s leading escape artists. His unique style was avant garde and revolutionary, breathing fresh life into a field that was worn out from its Vaudeville heyday.”
From Escapologist.net.

The letter reads:

“Dear Anna,

Here is the letter I promised. You and everyone at Sancor Industries are wonderful to deal with and many in business could learn from you.

Anna you should consider a college lecture tour, speaking on public relations. College students would love you. Also you would make a great deal of money and spread the product name all over the country.

Thank you all for the great service and product.”

Norman Bigelow


Very cool! Thanks for the letter! We really appreciate it and it was fun looking at all the photos!

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Envirolet is "easy to empty and keeps any contaminants from entering any water supply."

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Tom and Lois in Arkansas sent us some awesome comments about their Envirolet composting toilet system.

“I took a couple of shots and now can’t find my cable to connect my camera to the computer. As soon as I do I’ll send them along.

I love my Envirolet. Since we respect and enjoy the environment here in the Ozarks this protects and enhances.

It’s easy to empty and keeps any contaminants from entering any water supply. We are surrounded by creek so we didn’t want anything like field lines that might seep into the limestone fishers and get into the water.

This is one of the few pristine areas left and we intend to keep it that way.”

Tom and Lois S.

Thanks! We would love to see the photos when you find that cable!

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Just Add Envirolet

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More at modularhousingsystem.com.

Envirolet at Cottage Life Show

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Attention Canadians!

Come and see Envirolet Composting Toilets at the 2007 Spring Cottage Life Show at the end of March in Toronto.

Envirolet systems will be on display. Come visit us and see the other neat cottage stuff on display. Booth location is to be determined.

Location:
International Centre
6900 Airport Rd. @ Derry Rd.
Mississauga, Ontario
Google Map

Show Dates & Hours:
Fri Mar 30 - Noon to 9p
Sat Mar 31 - 9a to 7p
Sun Apr 1 - 10a to 5p

"The design and mechanical workings of your system surpass others that we considered."

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Paul in Washington state sent Buzz a great photo of his Envirolet MS10 composting toilet system installation along with his testimonial.


“Dear Envirolet,

We live in Northeast Washington state. The septic system in our cabin was reaching the end of its usefulness and something needed to be done.

After careful investigation of all the various systems on the market, I (being a retired Manufacturing Engineer) had no problem choosing Envirolet. The design and mechanical workings of your system surpass others that we considered. The west has been in a drought for quite some time so going “waterless” was certainly a plus.

Your system was far less expensive and more eco-friendly than installing a new septic system. The installation was very easy and was completed by myself in only one day. One of the concerns my wife had was the noise level of the fans. Not an issue. It is no louder than our humidifier.

Very impressive. I’m sure we will be very pleased for many years to come.”

Thanks,
Paul D.
Washington


Thanks, Paul! We really appreciate it! The grey granite looks great.

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Happy BC Customer with 7 Year Old Low Water System

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Thanks to Dorothy R. in Grand Forks, BC who sent us some wonderful photos and comments about her 7 year old Envirolet Low Water Remote System. The system is installed in her Spokane, WA cabin.

“We have had our Envirolet for about seven years now.

This is the little house we built for around the cooker part of our toilet.

We are nine miles into the bush so having a septic dug was not an alternative. We have a cabin in the Spokane/Deer Park area, so we tried to keep as green as we could get without giving up comfort of our own toilet.

Below is the toilet installed in our bathroom, and the little guy next to it is at our functioning urinal. We are conserving water with the urinal as well as with the low water Envirolet we have.

This was the best decision we could have possibly made for our needs. We have had one close neighbour (also a Canadian) who purchased one also, and they too are happy. We have had much interest in our toilet as septic is a bit of an expensive option for our location.

Thanks Envirolet.”

Happy Customer,
Dorothy R.
British Columbia


Thanks for the comments, Dorothy! We really appreciated receiving them.

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Envirolet Basic Plus (Non-Electric) in Michigan

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James M. in northern Michigan sent a testimonial and a couple of photos about his Envirolet Basic Plus composting toilet system installation.

“Hello,

We are very pleased with our Envirolet toilet. There are no noticeable odors and it works in our remote location. We have vacant land in northern Michigan and required some type of an outhouse as there are no water or power facilities. After researching your waterless non-electric product we realized that we could conserve our environment and still have the basic necessities we require. We decided to convert a hunting blind into a composting outhouse. The conversion was easy, just cut a vent hole and install. We look forward to many years of use and highly recommend your product for other ‘remote’ applications.”

Thanks again,
Jim M.

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Subscribe on YouTube

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We previously posted about part 1 of the Envirolet video being up on YouTube. Well, there are more clips up now too! And, lots more to come.

So why not subscribe to the Envirolet YouTube site.

Photos of Envirolet on Stage in London Play

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We previously posted about an Envirolet appearing on stage as the “eco loo” in the London stage production of The War Next Door. Here are a few photos.

We are waiting for some more with the full set up.

Read the full post about the play here. The play opened this month and runs until March in London.