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…

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MIgardener Update Marathon – Compost Pile (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6UnBmG-Xhk Great video of a super simple compost pile doing what it does...love it! Based on such a huge volume of leaves and grass (I'm jealous), that alone is enough to get hot composting in action.  I have a feeling his pile was hotter than the guesstimate of 90 degrees. If he was right, however, he could definitely help out his pile temperature by adding humanure to it... :)

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