Composting Toilet

It would be REALLY cool if rv dump stations had a composting section!

Because yes, that is the problem. Composting poo requires 2 years, in a temperate climate. And you cannot carry 2 years' worth of poo around with you.

But I have only once seen an rv park that had composting for VEGETABLE scraps, so I think we have a ways to go.

after watching the wynns. i asked why not?
-you can have a couple containers one for the urine, one for the fecal compost.

i dont have one yet. i will.

then i went to the youtube and asked, using human remains for compost.
its quite interesting how fertilizer is acquired. by mixing it with the media it helps dry it out.
if you put the compost mix in with other stuff that is in a compost bin they recommend that you leave it for 1 year. that allows mother nature to deem the poo, usable.
one guy even says. keep your pee. sealed for 6 monts. :E
imagine that smell when you open it. then you create an irrigation system and dilute the urine with good water and water your tomatoes and other plants since they nitrogen is so high.

this intrigued me. but im not sure how to store this used media with out spilling it or adding to much weight to the tv.

would be kinda cool to have bins that you could drop off a bag of mix solids and that get used to help out farm lands or forest generations for the clear cutters.

i think it has potential but like one guys said. we fear our own ****.

A tiny splish of rubbing alcohol works, too.

PLEASE do not put bleach in the urine container. It holds urine, which is ammonia based. Bleach and ammonia do not play nicely together. Instead, try vinegar. It neutralizes the ammonia in the urine and helps keep the smell down. IF you are talking about the type of composting head that separates the liquids. We put a 1/4 cup of vinegar in the liquids container of our Air Head every time we empty it. Works great! We've also not had a fly problem in the 5 years we've had our Air Head, mostly in the tropics.

Never thought I see a thread about cra-ppy things go on for as long as this one has. LOL

Bill001 wrote:
I think one big question remains that Gone2TheDogs mentioned: .... the tiny flies.

They Wynns say they haven't had this problem and raise the issue of the need for a screen over the vent. I wonder if one has a fine screen AND a no-see-um screen with that whether the unit's exhaust will breath well.

Then does the problem have something to do with the region one is in.

I was thinking the problem maybe had more to do with the medium they used since they tried wood chips. Also when he says peat moss, was it sphagnum moss or just peat moss?

adambeck7 wrote:
Thanks for the update Bill.

Naio wrote:
That would help with the odor, but it would do it by killing the bacteria! For composting, you need live bacteria, of the right kind. Bleach kills indiscriminately.

You put the bleach in the urine container. There is a separate urine container that doesn't compost. Nothing to do with the composting process in the rest of the toilet.

Yeah, if you're not going to compost the urine (or water the bushes with it) you can do that.

Naio wrote:
It evaporates excess liquid. Another option is to drain off the liquid, but legally that has to go into a sewer. Some toilets allow you to do either option (fan or drain) and some only have one or the other.

No, there is no urine to drain off because they're separated at the point of entry. It's to help dry out the feces/peat moss mixture and vent it. There is no roof vent like the traditional toilets.


You're talking about a different model of toilet. Like I said, different models do it differently, and the fan is for excess LIQUID, not necessarily urine.

Guys, just fyi, here's a simple video showing what they do and what they don't do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2xOoNov9s

Again, very useful on the boat, (it's hard to be careful with stinky slinkys when the boat is moving up and down at the dock).

As for RV's, I don't have one because the AF1150 has a great bathroom, but could be useful, especially if boondocking a long time.

I think one big question remains that Gone2TheDogs mentioned: .... the tiny flies.

They Wynns say they haven't had this problem and raise the issue of the need for a screen over the vent. I wonder if one has a fine screen AND a no-see-um screen with that whether the unit's exhaust will breath well.

Then does the problem have something to do with the region one is in.

The Wynns recommend using the cocoa coir instead of peat moss ..... much easier to store.