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Compost Sanitation in Post Earthquake Haiti

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAuOHecBxP0 Joe's on fire for this presentation... I wonder if it's because it's for the U.S. Composting Council, and my guess is he has to be sharp for those folks. I wonder how supportive the U.S. Composting Council is of the best composting process you can be involved with...would be fun to write them about it (just did). I wish I had the cover materials available that they do in Haiti... tons and tons of sugar cane bagasse. He has 15 gallon buckets in use here, with the front of the compost toilet open. I fill my 5 gallon bucket pretty quickly and would love to try a 15 gallon. I guess the front is open so you don't have to pick it up as high...might be pretty heavy to…

Adding Humanure Compost to A Garden (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUNOsMrO1k Jenkins adds material to one compost bin for a year, then switches to the second bin for year two. At the end of year two, the contents of the first bin are ready to use for gardening. Pathogens are not present. It's pretty awesome that he's been doing this for 30+ years with no issues at all...safe to say he knows what he's talking about!

Humanure Compost Toilets at a Music Festival

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_DQyO2CPV0 The commentary on this one is unanimous: Compost toilets worked wonderfully, even at a 500 person music festival. I wonder what to do when you have a festival somewhere that doesn't have a spot for a compost pile nearby...perhaps a pile that stays on a flatbed? Compost toilets don't smell. Use sawdust. It masks the smell best, and it smells good as it is. Compost toilets don't use nasty chemicals like what is found in your typical porta-potty. There's little to no bugs. After several days of using porta-potties, the smell and amount of bugs is pretty nasty. This video was five years ago...I wonder how many other events have taken on this system... if this doesn't sell you on how great humanure composting is, I don't know what…