Hi All- This my first post. I've had a Sun-Mar central composting toilet system for the past 3 years. I live on St John, VI. The average daily temperature is...
What a great group. I've been lurking for quite awhile & have learned alot. I rarely have much spare time so prefer to read & learn. I'm looking to hire...
Whew! That sucks. Continues to make me happy about my simple bucket, sawdust and outdoor pile system. I'll be 40 next fall, so I'm getting started on having...
Hi Sharon ... By way of introduction, I'm the installer and northeast area rep for Phoenix composters. There are numerous CT installations in VT and many that...
That's a great idea Kevin ... Dave Jackie and Jono Neiger work together and are some of the New England area notables. Jono's company is Regenerative Design,...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dogpark-National-News/ I am a new member of this group. I joined because these composting toilets seem like a much better ...
Bill, It seems completely feasible, no reason not to. An excellent idea! I think it may be a different solution for each city, unless you come up with an...
I used to think about this all the time when my dog and I lived in the city. The composting is not the problem, it's the people, and their inability to change....
Interesting I would have thought that newspapers would greatly retard the composting process. When people ask me about this, I have been telling them to just...
Somebody should set google alerts to capture unusual news stories on this topic. That's how I find the stories for our dogpark group. Email me at ccdogpark@...
Newspaper is great for a carbon source. Have you read the Humanure Handbook? It has the basics for composting. He advises that you need lots of carbon to...
small commercial composting toilet. I have had a self contain envirolet for six years and frankly I hate it. I am looking at other manufactures, please send...
Hi Ben Goldberg, Thank you for the introduction & for the information about the CT installations in VT; very encouraging. It is my understanding that the state...
Hi Sharon ... FYI, the state of Vermont will grant you a 30% size credit in your septic if you use a composting toilet as a primary system. There are numbers...
Hi Ben, If posts aren't being cleared soon after sending this post duplicates (sort of) one I already sent; if so, I apologize. Thank you very much for very...
Dear Members I am looking forward for faculty members (Academician) name and address who is working in the sanitation area or organic waste management by...
Hi Kevin, How long should I expect to wait for approval from the forums @ permaculture.org? Shortly after applying I received an email (13 March) from...
Gang ... Do any of you have expertise in insect ID? I know there are many varieties of predator-prey species that take up residence in CT's, and it makes for...
Kunwar, During some research of my own, a Google search on 'ecosan' toilets led me to this website for a Norwegian University that is developing a masters...
Hi All, The group is quiet... I'm going to use moderator privilege and post somewhat off topic... only somewhat, as Bert (group owner) and I agree that this...
I agree, the group has been pretty quiet, so I'll post a message about an issue I have read about and recently experienced with my sawdust toilet. With the...
Hi, all I have just set up a pan-to-hot-compost heap system according to Humanure- very simple. Has anyone tried sheep's wool as part of the composting...
Neem might also work (for all bugs) and totally non-toxic, totally organic, natural pesticide from the neem tree. _____ From: compost-toilet@yahoogroups.com...
That is a terriffic idea , we have never been botherd with flying critters but hear of some that have been so that will be helpful. We are in the process of...
