Comments on: Composting Toilets for Off Grid Homes http://www.livingoffgrid.org/composting-toilets-for-off-grid-homes/ Info for Off Grid Homes Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:44:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: stuart goldhawk http://www.livingoffgrid.org/composting-toilets-for-off-grid-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-26525 stuart goldhawk Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:56:06 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=626#comment-26525 This is the first time that I have seen a toilet like this.I think more peolpe should be made aware of the practicalities of these systems. This is the first time that I have seen a toilet like this.I think more peolpe should be made aware of the practicalities of these systems.

]]> By: Uncle B http://www.livingoffgrid.org/composting-toilets-for-off-grid-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-23917 Uncle B Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:50:35 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=626#comment-23917 Sweden has dry composters for humanure in operation as we speak! Humanure can be bio-gassed into consumer gas if you can get enough of it. Free books and info on net abound on humanure. Oslo, Norway, run their public buses on bio-gassed humanure! Processing humanure to good safe compost for gardens is so possible! Not distasteful if done properly. Sweden also bio-gases wastes. Bio-gassing end products include safe, topsoil building fertilizers. Only oil-rich Americans waste these valuable resource flows! The 18th century "Crappier" we use daily, takes 16 gallons of good drinking water to do something a handful of bacteria can do just as well - under the right conditions. We will learn of this if we try to go to Mars - suddenly it will become acceptable? Biology holds the answers to our future, not "Cheap Oil" Sweden has dry composters for humanure in operation as we speak! Humanure can be bio-gassed into consumer gas if you can get enough of it. Free books and info on net abound on humanure. Oslo, Norway, run their public buses on bio-gassed humanure! Processing humanure to good safe compost for gardens is so possible! Not distasteful if done properly. Sweden also bio-gases wastes. Bio-gassing end products include safe, topsoil building fertilizers. Only oil-rich Americans waste these valuable resource flows! The 18th century “Crappier” we use daily, takes 16 gallons of good drinking water to do something a handful of bacteria can do just as well – under the right conditions. We will learn of this if we try to go to Mars – suddenly it will become acceptable? Biology holds the answers to our future, not “Cheap Oil”

]]> By: Jared http://www.livingoffgrid.org/composting-toilets-for-off-grid-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-18613 Jared Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:38:35 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=626#comment-18613 If you are thinking of purchasing a pricey factory made composting toilet I have got a couple of tips for you. First of all consider spending less cash and building your own system. It will probably work better and you'll understand it well because you built it. Secondly, do a lot of research first before you buy anything. Everyone will of course advertise that their composting toilets are easy to use, odor free and highly efficient but in reality the experiences of many people with composting toilets has not been that dreamy. If you are thinking of purchasing a pricey factory made composting toilet I have got a couple of tips for you. First of all consider spending less cash and building your own system. It will probably work better and you’ll understand it well because you built it. Secondly, do a lot of research first before you buy anything. Everyone will of course advertise that their composting toilets are easy to use, odor free and highly efficient but in reality the experiences of many people with composting toilets has not been that dreamy.

]]> By: Chris Muir http://www.livingoffgrid.org/composting-toilets-for-off-grid-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-15536 Chris Muir Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:45:30 +0000 http://www.livingoffgrid.org/?p=626#comment-15536 Hello Off Grid Ebert: Nice article, great for awareness. I do have a couple of comments though. I see you've used our diagrams for "self-contained" and "central" composting toilets -- they are really old and we could easily update them if you wish. Next, your description of the Envirolet system is completely inaccurate -- it is not a carousel-type system, you should recheck that. I am glad to see that you mentioned the National Sanitation Foundation, because that is truely the benchmark for a successful composting toilet. Also, be sure to note the difference between certified and listed by NSF vs. certified TO NSF standard 41. See the following link for a good explanation: http://www.nsf.org/consumer/newsroom/pdf/fact_gl_composting_toilet.pdf Thanks for a good article! Chris Muir Sun-Mar Hello Off Grid Ebert:

Nice article, great for awareness. I do have a couple of comments though. I see you’ve used our diagrams for “self-contained” and “central” composting toilets — they are really old and we could easily update them if you wish. Next, your description of the Envirolet system is completely inaccurate — it is not a carousel-type system, you should recheck that.

I am glad to see that you mentioned the National Sanitation Foundation, because that is truely the benchmark for a successful composting toilet. Also, be sure to note the difference between certified and listed by NSF vs. certified TO NSF standard 41. See the following link for a good explanation:
http://www.nsf.org/consumer/newsroom/pdf/fact_gl_composting_toilet.pdf

Thanks for a good article!

Chris Muir

Sun-Mar

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