Sun-Mar
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Home composting |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters |  Burlington, ON, CAN |
| Key people | Fraser Sneddon, Sales Manager; Joe Locicero, U.S. Sales Manager; Chris Muir, Canadian Sales Manager |
| Products | Composting Toilets, Garden Composters, Compost Accessories |
| Website | www.sun-mar.com |
Sun-Mar is the trade name of Sun-Mar Corp., a Canadian manufacturer and distributor for composting toilets, garden composters and other home composting products. The Company was founded in Sweden and moved to Canada in the 1970s, and has been developing toilet technology ever since. The company currently operates its head office out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and has many independent dealers across North America.[1]
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[edit] History
Sun-Mar Corp. was founded by Hardy Sundberg, who had developed the world’s first self contained composting toilet in 1971.[2] Sun-Mar has been marketing some 23 different models of composting toilets for more than three decades.[3] As Sun-Mar continued to grow they became the first composting toilet to be certified by the National Sanitation Foundation[2], an organization that tests and certifies that products meet the requirements of strict public health standards under ANSI/ NSF Standard 41 (2005)the most recent version of the standard.[4]
[edit] Types of Composting Toilets
Sun-Mar sells three types of composting toilets. They are the self-contained, central flush, and central dry systems. The Excel is North America's best-selling composting toilet.
[edit] References
- ^ Miner, Mike. "This Toilet Is On A Roll." The Globe and Mail [Toronto] 5 Aug. 2005.
- ^ a b D'Souza, Claudia. "The Call of Nature." The Oakville Press Journal (1994): 6
- ^ Pallone, Tony. "Nature's Calling." Times Union Feb. 2008.
- ^ "NSF Consumer Information: Non-Liquid Treatment Systems." NSF International. 20 July 2009 <http://www.nsf.org/consumer/wastewater_treatment_systems/wastewater_nonliquid.asp>.
