Composting Toilet
Hi, Has anyone switch to the composting toilet? Is so, please expound on your experience with the conversion. Thanks, Bill
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Just the facts, ma'am/sir :).
Yes, the smell does mean that urine that's been sitting around for a while is not sterile.
Yes, I have been composting since I was a toddler, and I grew up on a farm.
Yes, poo of ruminants and birds (chickens, cows, etc.) smells better than poo of omnivores like humans and pigs.
Yes, raw human poo is a health risk to humans, much more than the poo of wild animals. Google hepatitis + "night soil".
Yes, I am in favor of composting toilets! But you are not talking about composting toilets.
I am not aware or similar health risks from partially composted urine, although they would not surprise me. Many gardeners, including myself, use it in our gardens. Not on the lettuce and strawberries. I think it would be fine to dump a day's worth on a bush when boondocking but terribly rude to do it at a campground. The dogs pee there, and that is enough, IMO.
Yes, the smell does mean that urine that's been sitting around for a while is not sterile.
Yes, I have been composting since I was a toddler, and I grew up on a farm.
Yes, poo of ruminants and birds (chickens, cows, etc.) smells better than poo of omnivores like humans and pigs.
Yes, raw human poo is a health risk to humans, much more than the poo of wild animals. Google hepatitis + "night soil".
Yes, I am in favor of composting toilets! But you are not talking about composting toilets.
I am not aware or similar health risks from partially composted urine, although they would not surprise me. Many gardeners, including myself, use it in our gardens. Not on the lettuce and strawberries. I think it would be fine to dump a day's worth on a bush when boondocking but terribly rude to do it at a campground. The dogs pee there, and that is enough, IMO.
