Comments on: The Humanure Handbook – A Simple Sawdust Toilet

By: shirley james

shirley james — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:07:05 +0000

i have read your book with great interest. a sawdust toilet would be a great improvement in winter or the middle of the night to using our outhouse. we have a very limited water supply. i wonder if lining the bucket with damp newspaper would eliminate having to scrub the bucket. i am a little afraid of the freezing weather and snow and my compost pile. in fact my compost pile doesn’t exist because i throw any vegetable waste out the back door and in the morning it is completely gone. i am not sure who all consume it but it is always gone. my graywater drain goes down a gentle slope to my garden area. i could definately incorperate your methods there but the little water i use might evaperate before it makes it to the garden. but i would like to try a gravel bed. i wish communities would realize how much they could save by composting. thank you for your study and research and expermintation that paves the way for us more timid souls. i would be afraid to venture such without the facts. shirley

By: Ellen Bell

Ellen Bell — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:46:45 +0000

I agree, in an emergency situation, a Loveable Loo would be an ideal solution. For everyday living… I’m not sure that many people would accept it. However, for day to day living, there are some really nice composting toilet solutions on the market–high tech and 100% odorless–that will fit quite well into even an upscale residential bathroom setting.

By: Floor Plan : Tiny Pallet House

Floor Plan : Tiny Pallet House — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:54:03 +0000

[...] would need to be provided by jugs of water, batteries, generator, solar panels, camping toilet (or sawdust toilet), and 5 gallon buckets (for grey water). More elaborate living accomodations could be created in [...]