Comments on: Manufactured Self Contained Compost Toilets

By: buddy

buddy — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:33:12 +0000

i need more information on the Chipper Solar waterless toilet

By: Mr.Dirty Boots

Mr.Dirty Boots — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:03:36 +0000

Jared,

That is a lot of money for a loo! I guess it is worth spending the time to investigate these properly. Read all the reviews you can and pick the best. Although we do fine with our simple composting loo with just sawdust, but manual emptying is not for everyone.

By: Jared

Jared — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:08:55 +0000

Be very careful when choosing a manufactured compost toilet. Of course their manufacturers will all claim that they work beautifully and the simplicity of the composting process in nature would make you think that the claims of these toilet advertisers are possible. There are however a large amount of negative reviews of these self contained units and I have had a long struggle with an Envirolet model myself. I have published the story of my experience here to help get the truth out there: http://practicallyoffthegrid.com/2010/03/envirolet-composting-toilet-fit-for-the-pit/
My advice is to stick with the simple diy low tech designs such as the sawdust toilet. Composting is one thing nature has perfected so why waste your cash on some faulty man made scheme.

By: Almostgotit

Almostgotit — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:19:14 +0000

I’m not sure about human sludge and food crops in the US — I know my uncle participated in a feasibility study many years ago where human sludge was spread on his pasture land, but he was specifically told not to put it on food crops directly.

In your subsequent post you mention adding an additional step of re-composting “night soil” to finish degrading any specifically human, specifically human-pathogenic microbes that might linger in human sludge… this sounds wise to me.

By: Mrs.Dirty Boots

Mrs.Dirty Boots — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:21:11 +0000

Well sludge is used all over US farms to fertilise crops and that contains heavy metals, chemical pollutants and human poo so I think pure composted humanure is pretty safe. Having eaten food fertilised with it for years I’m not complaining! The key is that composted poo is basically soil, all the nasty possible dangerous stuff is long gone, and if you’re happy for crops grown in soil there should be nothing to worry about.

By: self sufficiency blogger

self sufficiency blogger — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:06:28 +0000

What is your opinion on using human waste for eatable crops?
I don’t think that is would be safe but I have heard some people saying that it is ok