[Cob] composting toilet?

[Darin Lang]

BAD IDEA. REALLY BAD. I hope you are not serious.

joe r dupont wrote:

>I hope to use a wet vac to take the stuff out of the toilet and compost
>remotely.
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>On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:58:33 -0500 Darin Lang <darin at doolang.com> writes:
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>>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 
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>>than going up to the other bathroom. The two of us fill up a bucket, 
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>>including our food scraps, in 4 to 5 days. If you start to smell it, 
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>>just add more sawdust.
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>>This is the simplest, easiest and cheapest method and it makes great 
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>>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 
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>>straw or sawdust, to keep critters, flies and odors away. Rinse the 
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>>bucket and add that to the always thirsty compost pile too.
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>>the best reference book is The Humanure Handbook by Joe Jenkins
>>http://jenkinspublishing.com/
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>>Darin
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>>Jilly wrote:
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>>http://www.cetsolar.com/sunmarhome.htm
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>>Does anyone here currently use a composting toilet such as these in 
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>>their cob home? What do you think?
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