Slippery anti-poo coating

[Cycleops]

Communist poo is stickier, although conservative poo smells worse but seems to flush away a bit better. It evens out.

An attack of the Trotskys is never very pleasant.

 

[stephec]

And you know this how ???

Did you really have to ask?

 

[Dave7]

Did you really have to ask?

Sorry.
I humbly apologise and retract that question

 

[Andy in Germany]

The serious side of this is the real waste of drinkable water being used to flush toilets 🚻

I have always thought this, what a waste of processing just to flush it down the drain!.

Then again the amount that leaks out of knackered water mains probably outweighs it anyway..

This is a point made very well with more historical and scientific background information than any sane person needs to know in the Humanure Handbook, which also gives details of how to make your own hygienic dry toilet.

A friend in Norway used one of these while living in the woods for over a decade and reports that they work well and never smell.

 

[Drago]

Between a quarter and a third of pumping capacity is lost to leaks. If the water companies made repairing these leaks a higher,priority than shareholder return then it wouldn't matter if we had to flush twice now and again to remove a stubborn dangleberry.

 

[PeteXXX]

Does anyone else remember the ex Mayor of London, Ken Livingston?
His mantra, to save water, was:
'If it's yellow, let it mellow. If its brown, flush it down'

 

[Drago]

And look what happened to him!

 

[Stephenite]

Hmm... is it really any more environmentally friendly to flush non-stick coating down the toilet than flushing clean water?

 

[PeteXXX]

I suppose that would depend on what the non-stick coating is made of..

 

[mudsticks]

I have always thought this, what a waste of processing just to flush it down the drain!.

Then again the amount that leaks out of knackered water mains probably outweighs it anyway..

This is a point made very well with more historical and scientific background information than any sane person needs to know in the Humanure Handbook, which also gives details of how to make your own hygienic dry toilet.

It works very well, it's the only kind of loo, we have here at the farm

A friend in Norway used one of these while living in the woods for over a decade and reports that they work well and never smell.

Nope, no smell, esp when it has a urine separating device, the urine is stored to then be used for composting with woodchip.. Ideal Carbon to Nitrogen ratio, which when, composted makes a great soil conditioner.

The poo goes into an earth floored secure sided container to which sawdust is added after every contribution.

A twin chambered unit means that one side can be left to compost for eighteen months, while the other side is in use.

After this period, on emptying, there are about four* barrowloads of what essentially looks like semi composted dry sawdust.

No smell, at all, and this can be used as a sparing dressing around fruit trees.

*This is for continuous use, year round, with on average about four people in residence, plus visitors / staff.

No need for a septic tank, no potential groundwater contaminants