Using a Cinderella incineration toilet is highly hygienic and requires no water. Waste is dropped into a bowl liner and safely burned into sterile ash.
Using the Cinderella involves five easy steps:
A cycle takes around 60–80 minutes, and the toilet can still be used during this time. How often do you empty it? Typically every few days to a week, depending on use. The ash volume is minimal—usually about a cup per household per week.
Incineration toilets need electric power or natural or propane gas to produce sterile ashes, as the temperatures necessary for completing this process are between 970 and 1400°F (500-750°C).
Yes, all types of toilet paper can be used in a Cinderella incineration toilet. The paper incinerates together with the rest of the waste.
Incinerating toilets offer several advantages that make them attractive for unique situations.
Incinerator toilets do not smell inside your bathroom, as the high heat burns waste to sterile ash and internal exhaust fans push any combustion fumes outside. However, the outside vent can produce a noticeable burnt or smoky smell while operating, which depends on wind and proper installation.
Waste incineration provides rapid waste volume reduction and some energy recovery, but it presents major drawbacks. The most critical disadvantages include high capital costs, harmful atmospheric emissions, the production of toxic ash, and the disincentivization of sustainable "zero-waste" practices like recycling and composting.
An incinerator toilet takes 50 to 90 minutes to complete a standard burn cycle.
Composting toilets and incinerating toilets are excellent off-grid, waterless waste solutions. Composting systems rely on natural breakdown to produce soil fertilizer, requiring regular maintenance and moderate power. Incinerating toilets use high heat to burn waste into sterile ash, offering a hands-off, ultra-clean experience but demanding significant electrical or gas power.
Around 70% of the world doesn't rely on toilet paper in the way we do, turning to water before tissue.
Pour approximately 1 L of clean water into the ash container insert. Insert the ash container carefully without spilling any water, and attach the front cover. Press “Start” to begin an incineration cycle. The water will start to boil and the steam will clean out any debris in the catalytic converter.
Cinderella Incineration Toilets receive highly positive reviews for being an odorless, waterless, and eco-friendly waste solution for off-grid homes and RVs. While users praise their hygienic convenience and Scandinavian design, reviewers frequently warn about the high upfront cost and the need for significant power or propane to operate.
There isn't anything inherently wrong with emptying your composting toilet but it can attract unwanted attention from “normies” or non-vanlifers. If we're in the city, we try to park in a city park away from other people, or at the back of a large parking lot.
How to use Cinderella
Regardless of what is being burned (mixed municipal solid waste, plastic, outputs from “chemical recycling”), waste incineration creates and/or releases harmful chemicals and pollutants, including: Air pollutants such as particulate matter, which cause lung and heart diseases.
Yes, incinerator toilets (like Incinolet) and industrial incinerators work effectively to destroy waste, reducing mass by up to 90% and turning solid waste into sterile, inorganic ash. They are reliable for off-grid homes and medical waste, though they can be slow (1–2 hour cycles), energy-intensive, and sometimes produce odors or noise.
Sweden is one of the best countries in the world when it comes to recycling and managing waste. In fact, they are so efficient that only about 1% of their household waste ends up in landfills. The rest is either recycled or used to produce energy.
Incinerating toilets handle urine by evaporating it through intense heat (around 1,000∘𝐹 or 540∘𝐶), turning it into water vapor and sterile ash, using an electric, propane, or natural gas burner. Urine is usually combined with solids in a paper liner, and upon pressing the "flush" button, the waste drops into a sealed combustion chamber where it is vaporized.
When should the ash container be emptied? We advise after every 50 liners used. Best practice would be for a 2 - 4 person household to empty the ash pan once per week, when doing the weekly cleaning.
Diarrhoea and a batch composting toilet
In extreme cases, you might like to add some additional cover material (wood shavings) to act as a cover and soak. Any splashes on the inside of the chute can be cleaned with toilet brush and a little water, or an enzyme-based cleaning spray.
The Cinderella answers to serve as the best waterless, odorless, hygienic, septic-free toilet available on the market. Cinderella's self contained incinerating toilets have been on the market for over 25 years and are renowned for their sustainable, eco-friendly design and performance, with no polluting emissions.
The major disadvantage of incinerating waste is its combination of severe air pollution and prohibitive costs.
Incinerating toilets are used only for niche applications, which include: Apartments with limited or difficult access to waste plumbing. Houses without access to drains, and where building a septic tank would be difficult or uneconomic.