it seems to me that canonically, there's not going to be very much new ever happening in the area of handling poo. Because of the septic issue. On the other...
As far as I know, fertilizing plants is the best way to re-use this resource, I prefer a direct soak-away system to an underground trench near the plant(s)...
I can see the reasons for separating urine in theory, but in practice it never really seems the right thing to do. Put it all through the pile seems more...
My first post is about this? Hehehe, well traditionally fermented urine is the source for amonia and for salt peter (that must origionally have been salts from...
Here si my take on it Even within the plant fertiliser there are choices to be made. Which plants do you use it for? What is the value addition from that...
Hello! We are considering the help financially a guy in Belarus with a starting eco-accommodation with building compost toilets and constructing a wetland. But...
Hi Manno , Any questions related to uring collection and handling, I would recomend you to got to the sight Ecosan res where you will find a lot of literature...
yes thanks! just that ecosan seems to suggest mostly NON deluted urine reservoirs, but I have heard from a friend that I need to delute 8 times urine, see...
Here's a response from David DelPorto of Ecological Engineering. I'm not sure it addresses the crystallization issue during storage, but gives some useful...
Hi Suzanne & Ben, I'm new to the group, and am building in North Texas (Wise County). I've also been researching this topic, and want to avoid the problems ...
Hi Manno and others, I'm very stubborn and I still believe that you can find answere to your question through the www.ecosanres.org discussion forum. I'm...
Hello, I just purchased raw land (no utilities of any sort, no water, no septic, no electricity, no phone...), my husband and I are going to use a composting...
Sounds like a few challenges there. Do you have trees on the property with leaves? That'd be great 'cover' for the toilet. Then start a simple 3 bin system...
Hello, My organisation, the European Centre for Eco Agro Tourism, would like to build a compost toilt in Belarus and is willing to finance materials, training...
Oh, and I forgot to ask if anybody knows possibilities for a practical training on how to build a compost toilet either in Poland, Holland, Germany, Belgium or...
Hello, I would suggest you or someone within your organization; A. Make a survey one not just one, but as many different composting systems as you can find....
Hello Menno, In Holland, you can get a lot of good info from "De Twaalf Ambachten". Their website is available in Dutch as well as English. Interesting site,...
Sorry I have not replied early, I have not checked the forum recently. Note to all: change settings to receive email updates (I forgot to do this). As to the...
I got one of those Sun-Mar Spacesavers, and despite how i do everything right with it, using the materials they sell, the composting media and bacteria and so...
Hello Shawn, Thanks for emailing me privately, I might not have checked here for a while myself! :) I don't have a lot of trees that would help me (for...
To have few trees and little grass that concept seems so strange to me up in the northwoods of Wisconsin. Our sheep and horses are mowing the lawn, and beyond...
No hints or tips from me, just sympathy. We have a Biolet XL that is sitting outside to finish composting or drying. It was a nightmare to clean, and I had to...
Hello again for some question for my Belarusian public toilet project: does anyone has experience with facilities for washing hands in stand alone composting ...
Hmm interesting question, I will ask my friend that works in public health. ... From: Menno Houtstra To: compost-toilet@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 09,...
Hi Menno, I like your idea about using collected rainwater, but you might first want to do a little research on rain water harvesting.? I say this because you...
www.twdb.state.tx.us-publications-reports-RainwaterHarvesting_3rdedition.pdf Hi Menno, The link above will take you to one of the better web sites on...
Hi Menno, I was involved with designing and installing a number of amenities buildings over clivus multrum composting toilets in the 80's for use in Forestry...
I think that link on rainwater harvesting might be http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/iwt/rainwater.asp Kev [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
And the pdf manual (excellent information!) http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf [Non-text portions of...
A by-product of biodiesel production is glycerine. About 5 gallons of cleaned (7 uncleaned) glycerine per 35 gallons of fuel. As homebrewers are looking for a...
