Fw: Re: [Cob] composting toilet?

[joe r dupont]

What is wrong with using a we vac to draw  from a toilet to a remote
composting area??

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Darin Lang <darin at doolang.com>
To: joe r dupont <joedupont at juno.com>, Coblist <coblist at deatech.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:50:41 -0500
Subject: Re: [Cob] composting toilet?
Message-ID: <3FA84961.8070001 at doolang.com>
References: <20031103.230728.-787757.10.joedupont at juno.com>

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.

On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:58:33 -0500 Darin Lang <darin at doolang.com> writes:
  
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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