[Terrapreta] composting toilet

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Jim

Very interesting!!

What a neat way to make fertilizer.

Say we think back 3,000 to 4,000 years in Brazil...

Perhaps their pottery urns were teh equivalent to a composting 
toilet.... use it, and cover the deposit with charcoal to prevent odor 
and fly problems. Then dump it in the fields.

What about putting Composting Worms in a composting toilet? The 
pot/toilet would fill up more slowly, and would last longer between 
requirements for dumping.

Best wishes,

Kevin

Jim Joyner wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with putting charcoal in a composting toilet 
> (how much, etc.)? My wife and I use such a toilet. I reason that it 
> would break down the material faster, give off less smell and (since I 
> use the end product on trees and scrubs) it would sequester CO2.
>
> Probably not world shaking . . . unless everyone got a composting 
> toilet. . .
>
> Jim
>
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