The toilets of the future will also be collection devices rather
than waste disposal devices. The collected organic material will be
hauled away from homes, like municipal garbage is today, and composted
under the responsibility of municipal authorities, perhaps
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under contract with private sector composting facilities. Currently,
other recyclable materials such as bottles and cans are collected from
homes by municipalities; in some areas organic food materials are
also collected and composted at centralized composting facilities.
The day will come when the collected organic materials will include
toilet materials.