[Cob] composting toilet?

[Yun Que]

Cat here, my bucket has wheels!  found an old Radial Flyer that is a great 
transport to the compost pile.  Some of my neighbors have 2 pottys one wet 
one dry.  Seems to work well.


>From: Darin Lang <darin at doolang.com>
>To: Coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Re: [Cob] composting toilet?
>Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:58:33 -0500
>
>I use a 5 gallon bucket and sawdust. It works great. I put a toliet lid on 
>the 5 gallon bucket, you could build a platform, but I am happy with the 
>lid. It is odorloss, as long as you cover your dookie with sawdust and 
>empty it when about 3/4 full. I keep at least a second bucket handy then 
>put the lid on it when it is full. That way i can take it out to the 
>compost pile at my convenience. I throw all organic matter in there too 
>unless it is going to the chickens. Just keep it covered with sawdust and 
>there is no odor and no flies etc. It is so odorless, I keep one right next 
>to my desk in the office so I can keep working rather than going up to the 
>other bathroom. The two of us fill up a bucket, including our food scraps, 
>in 4 to 5 days. If you start to smell it, just add more sawdust.
>
>This is the simplest, easiest and cheapest method and it makes great 
>compost for the garden. Too combat the buildup of staining in the bucket, 
>leave it out in the sunlight for the day every now and then. The odor when 
>dumping the compost is surprisingly mild, the sawdust tempers it and it has 
>already begun to break down. Again though, cover with straw or sawdust, to 
>keep critters, flies and odors away. Rinse the bucket and add that to the 
>always thirsty compost pile too.
>
>the best reference book is The Humanure Handbook by Joe Jenkins
>http://jenkinspublishing.com/
>
>Darin
>
>Jilly wrote:
>
>http://www.cetsolar.com/sunmarhome.htm
>
>Does anyone here currently use a composting toilet such as these in their 
>cob home? What do you think?
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