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Composting Toilets

Posted on 11/04/2015 3:20:20 PM PST by rey

Does anyone know anything about composting toilets? I work for someone who wants to install one of these. How many people can they handle? How do they work? What is clean up like if there is no running water through them? Are they microbial? If so, how difficult is it to keep the microbes functioning? Is there anything else I should know?

Is there a plumbing ping? Do Freepers know their s***?

Thanks


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To: rey
How many people can they handle?

One at a time, I hope.

41 posted on 11/04/2015 4:05:05 PM PST by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: Radagast the Fool
“Incinolet”

My ex had to deal with one where her family rented a cottage for Summer vacation. They nicknamed it the "destroilet".

And yes, the male family members had to be more careful.

42 posted on 11/04/2015 4:05:05 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: rey

Just be careful if you eat a lot of beans and like to smoke on the toilet


43 posted on 11/04/2015 4:05:49 PM PST by jcon40
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To: rey

I’ve had the pleasure f using a few along the trail. The Tuscarora Trail in PA has them at their shelters. We were there in August. Weather was very hot. No discernable odor. I think they use some sort of worms to eat the effluvia.

I have a friend who has one that burns the waste. He uses it in an outbuilding that has lots of people traffic. I think it’s a horrible idea. You have to put some sort of paper bag in the toilet first and it’s very expensive.

They also have a portable toilet outside for the guys to use instead.


44 posted on 11/04/2015 4:08:12 PM PST by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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To: rey

I think the comcast building in philly has them. no flush.


45 posted on 11/04/2015 4:47:10 PM PST by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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To: rey

I have a few in the shed, we call the shovels


46 posted on 11/04/2015 4:51:19 PM PST by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: rey

Contact the folks at www.lehmans.com. They cater to the Amish, but a lot of their products are used in cabins.


47 posted on 11/04/2015 5:18:19 PM PST by Mean Daddy
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To: rey

Want a composting toilet? Just don’t flush the one you’ve got.


48 posted on 11/04/2015 5:38:19 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: rey

http://www.la-darnoire.com/separett-composting-toilet.shtml

http://www.biolet.com/resources/brochure/biolet-waterless-engineering.php

http://www.clivusmultrum.com/

http://www.clivusmultrum.com/products-services.php


49 posted on 11/04/2015 5:53:02 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: captain_dave

LOL....after you use the MS terlit......open Windows!

Swordmaker, Pingaroo to #40


50 posted on 11/04/2015 5:55:26 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Swordmaker

ping to #40. ;)


51 posted on 11/04/2015 5:56:15 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Hiro Protaginast

Honey bucket?

OMG, reminds me of our neighbors. We live in the sticks with real hillbillies. They never had water or sewer, used 5 gal pales. Their “room” was by the kitchen.

I did some work on their baler, they invited me in for coffee. I just about puked all over the place. The kitchen stunk worse than a rotten outhouse. I tried so hard to be polite and drink the coffee, then was offered donuts, brown donuts. I was sitting at the table holding back the hurl, it was wanting to come through my nose.

I just got up and told them I was going to work on their tractor before it got dark.

This is a true story.


52 posted on 11/04/2015 5:59:12 PM PST by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: Daffynition
ping to #40. ;)

ROTFLMAO!

53 posted on 11/04/2015 6:05:47 PM PST by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: cripplecreek

I was waiting to see a response like yours!


54 posted on 11/04/2015 6:08:37 PM PST by MortMan (The rule of law is now the law of rulings - Judicial, IRS, EPA...)
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To: Swordmaker
Crikey! You left the seat up AGAIN!


55 posted on 11/04/2015 6:10:36 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Calvin Locke

LOL!!!


56 posted on 11/04/2015 6:14:15 PM PST by Radagast the Fool (At my signal, UNLEASH PALIN!!)
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To: rey

I don’t know personally but you might venture down to your local Democratic HQ and look!


57 posted on 11/04/2015 6:16:12 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The stench of the corrupt Obama Admin. will surpass that of FDR & Grant and linger for decades!!)
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To: rey

http://www.permies.com/forums/f-77/composting-toilet


58 posted on 11/04/2015 6:17:24 PM PST by Pelham (A refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: rey

I had one put in our boat last year. LOVE it!

http://c-head.com/


59 posted on 11/04/2015 6:33:17 PM PST by sheana
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To: captain_dave

I had a c-head put in our sailboat. I looked at and read reviews on all of them and it was the simplest and least expensive.
C-head.com


60 posted on 11/04/2015 6:35:49 PM PST by sheana
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