Guest guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Yes, I love Jess's blog! I can believe it does not smell. It's like a kitty litter box. If you take it out frequently to the compost, should not be a problem. The key would be to design a " throne " that would have an easy-to-remove drawer of some sort -- that you could take in and out. I just read in " Food Not Lawns " (fantastic book) that the only kind of water you cannot re-use in a greywater recycling system is toilet water. So she recommends humanure composting. Harvey Ussery spoke of it briefly in his WAPF 2007 speech on The Urban Homestead. (Utterly fascinating -- I recommend this to everyone -- I learned SO much. He also had the coolest method of using road kill to produce maggots for chicken feed. I know it sounds horrifying, but it was so smart!) Anyway, I would *love* to do the humanure composting. You would save a ton of water. And it's such good material for the compost!! But first I need to convince DH to let me move to a rural area so I can have some chickens. And a cow. This could take a while... I think I will wait on the humanure composting until after I get those other things. :-P Ann Marie > cover. Once a week you take it out to the compost pile, cover it with > more organic material, and let it decompose. No smell, no mess, no > problem. " > http://practicalnourishment.com/index.php?id=1357196760076277796 > > I have trouble believing it doesn't smell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 > Anybody done this? " It involves simply adding some organic material > such as sawdust to the toilet after each use. Instead of flushing, you > cover. Once a week you take it out to the compost pile, cover it with > more organic material, and let it decompose. No smell, no mess, no > problem. " > http://practicalnourishment.com/index.php?id=1357196760076277796 > > I have trouble believing it doesn't smell , My brother's been doing this for years. I never really noticed it smelling excessively when I used his humanure toilet. I haven't used it in a while, but I think there's a bit of a smell when you lift the lid up. It's the perfect kind of toilet for the woman who hates when the man leaves the lid up (cuz there's incentive to keep the lid closed ;-) Suze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 --- Suze Fisher <suzefisher@...> wrote: > My brother's been doing this for years. I never really noticed it > smelling excessively when I used his humanure toilet. I haven't used it > in a while, but I think there's a bit of a smell when you lift the lid > up. Suze, I guess if you're eating a good diet, it shouldn't smell as bad. Does the compost come out well? > It's the perfect kind of toilet for the woman who hates when the man > leaves the lid up (cuz there's incentive to keep the lid closed ;-) I'm a good man. I always keep the lid closed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 - > I have trouble believing it doesn't smell I suppose it depends on the design of the composting toilet, but I've never tried or even seen one in person myself, so who knows. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Growing up, some friends had a composting toilet called Clevis mulchum. Didn't smell, but the teenagers hated it. Desh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 > > Suze, I guess if you're eating a good diet, it shouldn't smell as bad. > Does the compost come out well? I believe so. His dogs love to roll in it anyway ;-0 Suze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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