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    I would like to make a simple composting toilet, how do I go about it. Pete van kununurra west australia.What is needed to start the composting prosess

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    Ever seen an old fashioned Out House?  This was a small structure with a clean out panel at the back, enabling one to remove the contents, or they were over a deep hole which eventually would compost the stuff, and lime would be added to assist with the smell, etc. 

    Acquire the materials. Much of the material needed to build a composting toilet is available at lumber or home supply stores. One item may require a bit of scavenging. A principal component of the toilet is a barrel. Lined barrels last longer than unlined due to the corrosive nature of urine on steel. Common sources of a surplus lined barrel include feed stores and beekeepers. Also, acquire PVC ventilation pipes that will reach from the barrel above the roof of the structure housing the toilet. http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5728858_make-composting-toilet.html

    petrusvank

    I need more info, e g how to start composting process
    Jack Large

    If you follow the instructions, all you need do to "Start the process," is poop in it, WBMG

    Sound like a smelly job to me, I don;t think they would allow that in the middle of the city.

    Colleen

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    Composting toilets have a small burner in them that burns the waste to dust. No odor is left.
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    Oh I didn't know that a small burner hey like what kind of fuel might it be burning and waisting?
    Colleen

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    My mother has one and it uses a wood burner to create the flame that burns the waste. She has a wood fired furnace too.
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    No chance of burning your ass if may ask?
    Colleen

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    Not at all. The burner has a small flame and it is approx. 5 feet below the toilet bowl. The flame is so small it doesn't even put off heat to feel it that far up. But amazingly, it does the job well. No waste, just dust that can be removed once a week or even twice a week as the amount is so small and put outside as it is purified and odor free.
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    It goes to prove that dust to dust you shall return TK Colleen for your ans.
    Colleen

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    I'm not coming back as a turd. You can but I refuse to do so. It just goes to prove, this world is organic. Soul returns to the spiritual. Soul is not organic and can not burn. The body burns and stays here.


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