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I hope I am not butting in here; but, I find this site so informative.  Our Renaissance Faire here in Utah is trying to do compost toilets and be more green....
Carolyn Pearson
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Oct 8, 2008
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I'm an electrician by trade and in a lot of construction sites. Plastic buckets are plentiful, so recycling them as compost toilets for thousand of homes are a...
saphire bookland
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Oct 9, 2008
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I'm quite happy with plastic buckets - they'll be in use for years to come and not in`a tip somewhere, like plastic packaging etc It would be great to recycle...
Grace B
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Oct 10, 2008
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City Center here in L.V. has a great deal of construction material that has been recycled. I'm not sure of the percentage, but it is a HUGE GREEN project....
saphire bookland
stncldsprky
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Oct 11, 2008
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Hay all, Does anyone know where I could purchase a compost thermometer other then Joseph Jenkins, Inc. He sells them $25 a pop and there has to be a cheaper...
elliott_faure
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Oct 13, 2008
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Hi, I bought a compost thermometer for 25 euro here in Belgium, it worked for about one whole week and then it got stuck at 22°C, the inside of the...
Marc
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Oct 13, 2008
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... The best thing to do with leaves is make leaf mould. It is exactly what it say, leaves that have decomposed using fungal rather than bacterial composting....
Colin Shaw
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Oct 13, 2008
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Dear Bert and dear Colleagues, I am "normally" at the ecosanres forum. I am a German water/ecosan Engineer with many international experiences. At the moment I...
Detlef WatSan
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Oct 15, 2008
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Subject: Shit Happens: Chances for a Toilet Transition? MSc-Thesis by MS Jenneke van Vliet, 2006 (Trans(h)ition?) or: Niche Management and its Contribution to...
detlefwatsan
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Oct 17, 2008
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Hi, Thanks for posting the link to Ms. vanĀ  Vliet's thesis. I am especially interested because I was born and raised in the Netherlands (now living in the...
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poldergirl2000
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Oct 18, 2008
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The 3rd International dry toilet conference will take place 12-15 August, 2009 in Tampere, Finland. For more information please visit www.drytoilet.org/dt2009...
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Oct 27, 2008
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Hello all! We're looking at retrofitting a composting toilet system to our UK house, and I've been looking at micro-flush systems. These all seem to come with...
leaska
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Nov 6, 2008
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Would any members of this group also like to contribute to the Humanure Composting group on the WiserEarth website ? ...
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Nov 16, 2008
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good morning all.....i'm new here and will read the older posts for a while to learn from what has been posted so far.....we're looking into purchasing a...
clayoquot2000
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Nov 25, 2008
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My typical advice/rant: don't buy some machine at the store, build a sawdust two bucket system, and do your pile outside. Simple, cheap, and can't break. Tys ...
Tys Sniffen
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Nov 27, 2008
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... I would go with that. been using a compost toiler for a while now and it works well and cost virtually nothing. Col...
Colin Shaw
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Nov 27, 2008
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Amen to that! I love my bucket & sawdust toilet. Thought it would entail a lot of work, and I was prepared to do it, but in fact there is hardly any. And...
Grace B
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Nov 27, 2008
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happy thanksgiving all.....thanks tys, col & grace.....to make a long story short ( not that it isn't a fun story :) it took me quite some time to convince my...
clayoquot2000
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Nov 28, 2008
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I would go with the bucket system. They don't break and buckets are free if your near a construction site. Having to build your work shop, chances are, your...
saphire bookland
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Nov 29, 2008
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Greetings, I have a BioLet Standard for my cabin in New Hampshire. It's in an unheated outhouse. Three people per weekend use average in summer. In winter far...
Kathy Gips
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Nov 29, 2008
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... That's a real shame and an opportunity missed. 'Off grid' means being self-sufficient, not relying on others to supply energy; personally I feel it should...
Colin Shaw
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Nov 29, 2008
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Urine actually has antiseptic qualities and in ancient times was used on the battle field frequently to sterilize wounds and reduce the danger of infection....
Stone Tool
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Nov 29, 2008
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... Howard, I was photographing milking in an old side-by-side cow shed; crouching down to get a good shot I moved backwards. I felt something warm and wet on...
Colin Shaw
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Nov 29, 2008
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to say nothing of the expense! instead of something in the order of $2000 for the smallest and simplest eco-friendly unit I could find (using water, of which...
Grace B
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Nov 30, 2008
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Less is always more. Or KISS- keep it simple stupid. I don't blame you for laughing, Grace, You're the smart one. ________________________________ From:...
saphire bookland
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Nov 30, 2008
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good afternoon.....i seem to have created a misunderstanding so was a bit taken aback by colin's tirade.....the place where i want to put the composting toilet...
clayoquot2000
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Dec 1, 2008
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Well I am sorry that you think my post was a tirade and lecture, it was NOT. Go ahead, spend a lot of money on a manufactured unit but don't kid yourself that...
Colin Shaw
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Dec 1, 2008
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Hi Mary! I'm guessing you might have read Del Porto's book, "The composting toilet system book." If not pick one up, it's in my opinion the most informational...
Adam wilson
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Dec 2, 2008
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Dec 2, 2008
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Well it is an interesting discussion about the low tech sawdust toilet versus the high tech expensive toilet. I agree that the former is preferable but it...
Kathy Gips
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