The Compost Toilet Handbook
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From the author of The Humanure Handbook , an expert guide to compost toilets you can build yourself The Compost Toilet Handbook is an illustrated instructional manual explaining how to make, use, and manage compost toilets, which are waste-free toilets that rely on the biological process of composting to recycle toilet material. It is based on the author’s 40+ years of first-hand experience with “composting as a sanitation alternative.” The 254-page indexed book has 161 pages of color photos including 203 photos or illustrations from 13 countries where compost toilet systems are in use. The 2nd half of the book includes case study reviews of compost toilet projects in African prisons and schools; Haitian schools, orphanages, and villages; schools in Mozambique; neighborhoods in Mongolia; a school and village in Nicaragua; and an ecovillage in the US. Along with the nuts and bolts of compost toilet construction, use, and management, the book covers emergency preparedness, cold weather composting, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, health, and safety. Review: Excellent for a self-reliance or camping library - Another good book from Joseph Jenkins. It contains plans, directions, and technical instructions for creating and maintaining a compost toilet. The author is careful to explainthat this is not a "composting" toilet because that would imply that the essential decay would take place in the toilet. Rather, this is a bucket and bin system where the composting takes place in the bin. It is a very practical book for anyone who is creating an off-grid sanitary system for "humanure." Review: fast delivery - must read for the homesteader
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 54 Reviews |
O**A
Excellent for a self-reliance or camping library
Another good book from Joseph Jenkins. It contains plans, directions, and technical instructions for creating and maintaining a compost toilet. The author is careful to explainthat this is not a "composting" toilet because that would imply that the essential decay would take place in the toilet. Rather, this is a bucket and bin system where the composting takes place in the bin. It is a very practical book for anyone who is creating an off-grid sanitary system for "humanure."
R**E
fast delivery
must read for the homesteader
A**S
Life altering reading material!
I don’t know the last time I read a book that changed my outlook on something so fundamental. Turns out we’ve been going to the bathroom all wrong! I bought this book to understand the best way to maintain a waterless toilet. I suspected this would work, because I found there wasn’t much odor when I used a 5-gallon bucket in the woods, as long as there was plenty of forest floor in there as well. The methods for using and maintaining this system are clearly outlined. I am excited to start an off-grid method that not only resolves where the poo should go, but works with nature to end up with rich, odorless, pathogen-eliminated compost dirt.
K**N
useful
help me in my daily work
C**E
Wow! Another way that the world got things wrong.
I was leery to read about this topic but I am SO glad that I have this book. It's basically finding out that us poor humans are pretty ignorant, brainwashed, bamboozled, etc. We need to question every so-called expert in every field. How did we get to be so gullible and stupid?! Blindly trusting authorities is dangerous. Thanks Joseph, for writing this book. Your first book has lots of BS mixed in with the good information. This one is straight forward. I think it is one of the most important books ever written. Honestly! If everyone in the world who needs a toilet could be provided with a compost toilet system, it would be the most cost effective improvement to quality of life possible.
M**C
Lots of detail and examples
Well written book. Really gives you all you need. To be honest, the book could be drastically shorter - there are a million examples in it and if you need them, you do. If you don't, they just make the book longer than it needs to be. But...this is a revolutionary book that has been around a long time and gives you everything you need to know.
M**E
Excellent book!
This was a very thorough and easy to understand explanation of how to set up a use a compost toilet. After reading this book, I don’t think there’s anything else I need to know.
T**I
Very Informative
Very informative!
O**S
Just howsomr
Awsome
P**R
En bok som borde ingå i grundskolans läroplan
Mycket bra bok. Informativ och pedagogisk inom ett ämne som varje enskild individ på planeten borde känna till och intressera sig för.
R**N
ecosystem
excellent book
D**S
Great read
Can’t wait to put this in practice
N**O
Everything you need to know - and more!
It was also very well written and occasionally very funny!
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