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History of Sun-Mar and Ecotech

OVER THIRTY YEARS AGO IN 1966...
Hardy Sundberg, SUN-MAR founder, and father Of two SUN-MAR partners, developed an incinerating toilet for cottage use in Sweden. It was good, but not environmentally friendly enough for Hardy, who in 1971 went on to invent the first ever self-contained composting toilet.
   This toilet was very successful and won a gold medal at the International Inventor's Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland.
In 1977, Hardy's second generation composting unit, the TROPIC, was born. This toilet was still being produced in North America as late as 1996.
   The big performance breakthrough came in 1979 with the arrival of the first three chamber SUN-MAR. This unique North American design had three isolated chambers, so that for the first time conditions for composting, for evaporation, and for compost finishing could now be optimised. This dramatically increased capacity, ease of operation, and the effectiveness of SUN-MAR units.

TODAY..

SUN-MAR remains the world leader in cottage toilets, and dominates the North American market with its unparalleled range of 19 models from 5 different product families.
  Each model is distinguished by innovative design, superior technology, and SUN-MAR'S legendary quality. Each carries an amazing 25 year warranty on the body.
The unique three chamber system and the patented Bio-drum designed into all SUN-MAR units, are just two examples of SUN-MAR's original and effective approach to composting. The way a SUN-MAR works may be unique, but it is also elegantly simple. No one else in the world puts a composting drum inside a toilet!
 

Ecotech Waste Management Systems Ltd. is a wholly NZ owned company based in the Far North. We use Sun-Mar products in our own house, in fact that’s how we came to be involved in this business.
   Our background is building and cabinet-making so we have experience with the difficulties which NZ conditions can create regarding drainage in many rural areas. And we believe that these are products in keeping with NZ’s "clean, green" image.