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Septic Tank Options & Alternatives
Septic Tank Options and Alternatives is a user-friendly guide through the maze of selecting an eco-friendly sewage treatment option for your home. This book lists conventional and alternative sewage treatment systems and outlines the pros and cons of each in a straightforward and non-technical way. This book covers Irish EPA Code of Practice (not updated for 2021 CoP amendments) approved systems and also proposes alternatives where site and soil conditions are suboptimal.
Learn how to assess your current treatment situation, examine the potential for repairs and improvements and gain a thorough overview of the different treatment systems available.
This book is a must for anyone currently worried about how well their existing system may be working, or for those who know they need an upgrade but don’t know where to start. It is an invaluable guide for architects and engineers who are guiding clients through the options available. Taking both EPA Code of Practice guidance and innovative sustainable solutions into account, Septic Tank Options and Alternatives offers a holistic overview of this oft-unmentioned subject.
For updates to this book due to changes in the design codes and for additional material please see our resources page.
Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds
Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds is a comprehensive overview of reed bed systems and treatment wetlands for household effluent treatment. Going from system selection and design, to construction, planting and maintenance; this guide offers the reader a complete how-to manual for getting your own reed bed system up and running.
Complete with an overview of planning guidelines for the UK and Ireland, Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds is an invaluable resource for home owners who want to build their own system. It is also an essential reference manual for permaculture designers, architects, engineers, landscape designers, planners and others with an interest in this area. Easy to follow and clearly set out, with beautiful line drawings to illustrate the text, this is a book you’ll find both useful and inspiring.
For an update to this book due to changes in the design codes, please see our resources page.
Towards Zero Waste
Is recycling really the answer to household waste? How do we eliminate microplastics from our wastewater? How do we avoid consumer goods that are designed to break? How do we stop the oceans being trashed? Towards Zero Waste offers practical tools for change in your own kitchen, on your weekly shop and around your home, as well as in the wider world. Féidhlim Harty explores how and why we need to go zero waste, firstly looking at where waste currently goes, and revealing the hidden world of food miles, product miles and embodied energy. He shares how to reduce waste room by room, at events, parties, during our travels, and at work.