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...
I've been using the wet wipes with my sawdust toilet for a couple of years now, no problems. They seen to compost well (or else racoons eat them). I'm moving...
Hullo Menno, I've been using a rainwater harvesting system and an ecosan composting toilet . The rainwater is used for washing and I've actually seen the water...
Hello all, I am so happy to announce that I am a new owner of a centrex 3000 central composting unit. I plan to put it to use in my house in mexico that sits...
I've never used anything but a pail or two of either garden compost from working compost pile, medium-aged manure from a manure pile, or even some healthy top...
I had joined this group in hopes of finding a dynamic community of users of commercial products, and do-it-yourselfers. Unfortunately there seems to be a...
I don't know the particular quirks of the centrex 3000, so it may be that peat moss is necessary for it to work well, but I have had good results in other...
... MY sun mar system is like cleaning latrines in a Prison Camp in the Pacific Rim During the end of WW2. the evaporating chamber is filled with a thick...
Hermine: This is the first account of this nature I have seen regarding the Sun-Mar systems......... Everything I have read in the past would suggest that...
... well, THAT is reassuring ... self contained with a means of relieving itself of excess fluid through a neat hole in the floor and something like a french...
Hello group, I posted a messages earlier asking about using alternative material in my sawdust toilet, I purchased 6 acres in the high desert mountains in west...
Hi Stone, from past experience (over the last decade or so) it appears that the manufactured, sit on the floor style systems are really only effective when...
Hello group, I'm curious, of those who use a "sawdust" toilet... 1. What do you use for cover material? For #1 & #2? 2. How much cover material do you use each...
... Read the "Humanure Book" by Joseph Jenkins for more info. I use different things at times. Ground up leaves, sawdust, coffee grounds, coffee chaff. At the...
... I have friends who are too fat to fit on the composting toilet i have. they would also go crazy at the idea of not flushing. So far they have not visited....
Hello Ken, Thank you for your reply, I have read the Humanure book (I read the website too), it's a great wealth of information, I was just trying to get an...
Tys here: 1. What do you use for cover material? For #1 & #2? a. Sawdust with bits of leaves and sometimes aromatic plant bits from our property for both. I...
Hello, Thanks Tys for your detailed reply, it's exactly what I am looking for... :) Did you make your own toilet setup? My husband made ours our of wood, and...
I enjoy your stories and ideas about the compost toilets. I'm an electrician in Las Vegas NV. and I've seen the appliances which are incredibly expensive....
Hello, That is insane, I would think that a state such as Nevada, with all the desert and so many people would WANT people to conserve water in any way...
Yes, I built my setup myself. and the building it sits in. I put a couple photos up on the yahoo photo section, under 'Tys' stuff'. it's pretty much how a lot...
Hello again, Here in NV We are desperate for water. The water district actually pays homeowners to take out their front lawn and change it to a desert...
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