Each hiker is aware of the stench of an awesome, scorching enclosed drop dunny in the midst of nowhere. It’s the final word punish for doing the suitable factor and leaving no hint, however due to the Clesana C1, dropping off your ones and twos responsibly is about to get an entire lot brisker.
The standard of bogs in distant locations within the open air varies vastly. I’ve been to pristine almost-odourless bogs in NSW with wonderful air flow, well-oiled locks, and loads of bathroom paper provided. I’ve additionally been to slender ramshackle timber shacks within the Victorian bush that might be smelt from 50m away, and had been offering lodgings for all method of bugs.Â
Air flow high and backside is at all times a superb signal, however you continue to would possibly cop a horde of flies in your face if you open the lid | Shot by Jo Guthridge
The issue of waste disposal in our wild locations isn’t a straightforward one. It’s costly to assemble, preserve, and transport the byproducts of distant bogs. Heck, it’s onerous sufficient for caravan house owners who must construction their journeys round dump factors in the event that they need to proceed to have the comfort of a rest room on board.Â
However all this inconvenience and odor would possibly be on the way in which out due to the Clesana C1 – Australia’s first water-free bathroom system.
What’s it?
Straight outta Europe, the Clesana C1 transportable bathroom makes use of a heat-sealing technique to remodel your deposits (ones and twos!) into neatly sealed, odour-proof baggage, which might be thrown away in regular family waste. No water, no large gap, no swarm of flies.
It’s been designed for ‘integration into caravans, yachts, tiny properties, and distant vacationer services’. And in accordance with Clesana Australia Director Sebastian Langton, this high-performing miracle bathroom ‘combines hygiene, consolation, and environmental sustainability multi function package deal’.
In case you’re something like me your thoughts is already reeling with potentialities.
Whereas these are largely being utilised in home, neighborhood and cell caravans proper now, the potential to drastically enhance waste disposal and odor mitigation in hard-to-access locations is large. This’d be nice alongside multi-day mountain climbing trails to interchange the nightmarish smelly loos that value a bomb in upkeep.
Despite the fact that we have already got WAG Luggage, and poo tubes, massive communal drop bogs nonetheless go away a hefty hint on the surroundings – and the Clesana C1 may change all of that! The thrill is excessive.
Learn extra: 10 Tricks to Depart No Hint in Our Wild Locations
How do these bogs work?
Image this: You’ve simply answered nature’s name on the C1. As a substitute of an extended drop, or utilizing a small spade to drop wooden chips down there, this bathroom heat-seals all the pieces right into a sanitary bag. The baggage, which are available in rolls of 100, are simple to load and even simpler to get rid of.
You possibly can chuck them in your common family waste, they usually’re good to go.
The liner foil system traps germs and micro organism alongside along with your waste, so there’s no odor.
I couldn’t discover what the luggage are at present produced from, however Clesana are creating a ‘liner from bio-based and recycled Polyethylen to make the C1 much more eco-friendly’. In order that’s excellent news.
The bathroom system feels like a stellar resolution for caravans and campers, however I’m questioning what it means for distant bogs. Assuming these get adopted into our parks, will the luggage be collected and eliminated by rangers, or would the onus be on thru-hikers to hold our waste out and get rid of it ourselves upon return to civilisation?
Frankly any resolution meaning we see much less of it is a winner in my guide | Picture by Rick McCharles through Flickr | License
Is there a Catch?
New product improvements are by no means low cost – and the Clesana C1 isn’t any exception. At present being manufactured in Waterloo, in Sydney, every Clesana C1 is $3,500 a pop. So it’s going to be out of attain of nearly each campervan proprietor I do know, and in need of being an adjunct add-on it’d rival the price of some trailers altogether.
I don’t suppose we’ll be seeing them in caravans or personal setups anytime quickly, however there’s undoubtedly potential to see these in our nationwide parks and on longer mountain climbing trails.
What do you reckon? Do you suppose the Clesana C1 will substitute drop dunnies in our wild locations?
