Choose Your Portable Toilet

• 1). Consider whether you must carry the portable toilet or if you will set the toilet up at a campsite. Portable toilets vary in size and weight.
  
  
• 2). Decide what bags to use to catch waste, such as, biodegradable or regular plastic bags. Bags made of leak proof biodegradable material are available at most stores that sell camping and outdoor equipment.
  
  
• 3). Choose the base ingredient to use in your portable system---liquid or dry. The base ingredient cuts down on "odor and makes clean up and disposal easier" according to the Bureau of Land Management's article on portable toilets. Liquids are heavier and designed to use with portable toilets in recreational vehicles. Dry ingredients are lighter and include kitty litter or potting soil.
  
  

Create Your Own Portable Toilet

• 1). Obtain a 5-gallon bucket with a gasket lid to seal the bucket during transport. 5-gallon buckets stand about 15 inches tall, and with the toilet seat attached are reasonably comfortable to use.
  
  
• 2). Buy a toilet seat lid designed specifically for 5-gallon buckets. The seat clips to the rim of the bucket.
  
  
• 3). Make sure the bucket is leak proof and buy bags sized to fit the container.
  
  
• 4). Dispose of waste at disposal sites set up for campers in certain parks and camping areas or transport the waste home to either flush down the toilet or put into the trash for landfill disposal.