Donate Urine in Vermont
Become a Urine Donor
Rich Earth Institute has operated the nation’s first community-scale urine nutrient recycling program since 2012, which reduces watershed pollution while creating a safe and sustainable fertilizer for local farms. Thanks to the contributions of over 260 urine donors, we support our farm partners with over 13,000 gallons of nitrogen-rich fertilizer each year. Community members who sign up as volunteer urine donors make this local cycle possible!
We currently seeking urine donors near one of our two urine depots in Southern Vermont:
- Brattleboro Urine Depot: 116 Birge St., Brattleboro, VT 05301
- Bellows Falls Urine Depot: Rockingham Recycling Center, 7446 US-5, Westminster, VT 05158
✍️ To sign up as a urine donor, email with your interest! We’ll reach out shorly with next steps. In the meantime, check out our Urine Donor Instructions and peruse our offerings of urine collection tools.
Install a Urine Diverting Toilet
Streamline peecycling into your home or business by joining our program today with a urine collection installation. Rich Earth now offers free site visits and subsidized installations of peecycling systems for area homes and business including: Wostman EcoFlush Urine Diverting Toilets, Dry Composting or Urine-Only Toilets, Waterless Urinals (for public/commercial bathrooms), and hand-carry systems with stand-alone collection tanks.
✍️ To learn more about toilet installations, contact !
Rent a Portable Toilet
Rich Earth’s portable toilets are available for rent in the greater Brattleboro region. Bring peecycling to your next event, job site, wedding, etc – and allow your guests to experience the relief of relieving themselves in a resource-recovering toilet! Rich Earth coordinates toilet drop-off, pick-up, and regular servicing – and brings your waste back to our processing facility to be transformed into a valued resource for local farms.
Urine Donor Spotlights
Here is what some of our donors have to say:
I love this project! I love not wasting water for flushing toilets.. I love that you guys transform my “waste” into your/ the community’s “resource”.
I like contributing to hard science and being a part of groundbreaking work.
It’s wonderful knowing that I am participating in something that is potentially shifting the paradigm of how we manage human waste.
Outside of our catchment region?
After over a decade of recycling urine in Southern Vermont, the Rich Earth team is now helping other communities start programs of their own. With an ever-growing network of partners, we are working to galvanize peecycling infrastructure in new geographic hubs, protecting more watersheds and reaching new farm partners.
- Want to see a peecycling program near you? Fill out our Peecycling Community Interest Survey.
- Ready to start the planning process for your community? Contact for more information about our consultation services.
- Get started peecycling today by learning how to use urine as a fertilizer in your own garden, with our Urine My Garden education tools.
