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To: mandaladon
"http://practicalaction.org/appeal_biolatrines"

From my old home town of Kitale, Bio-latrines in Kenya use the "yellow" and the "brown".

"In Kitale, Kenya, 14 schools are facing closure. Not because of governmental reforms, lack of funds or a shortage of resources - but because of their sanitation. And yet a gift of just £50 could be enough to help keep a school open.

But there is an answer which would help rescue these schools from closure.

As little as 6,750 Kenyan shillings - just £50 - can help to build bio-latrines. Because they are a "dry" toilet, they neither require water to work (which is already scarce) nor is there any danger of waste leaching into the groundwater and polluting water supplies, causing disease.

The bio-latrine system also brings with it a surprising and marvellous range of added benefits, including helping to both heat and light the school."


9 posted on 05/14/2011 12:24:58 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less." M Rosen)
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To: BwanaNdege
I had a friend in Utah that heated his chicken houses - 30,000 chickens - with a chicken-poop furnace - back in the early 70’s.
18 posted on 05/14/2011 12:40:00 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (watch the other hand)
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To: BwanaNdege

Could not the same concept be applied to home septic tanks?


68 posted on 05/20/2011 1:40:10 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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