Humanure Handbook

Could Pooping in a Box Save the Developing World? (article) Wow! Really happy that Vice caught on to seriously important stuff. By Alexis K. Barnes Jun 3 2014   16 Tweet Share on Tumblr submit Print A Loveable Loo. Photo via Flickr user Max Baars Joe Jenkins has been saving his shit for 37 years. The 61-year-old thinks that to do otherwise—to flush the toilet after you’ve finished defecating into it—is a waste of perfectly good drinking water and valuable turds. Instead, you should do your business in a box to collect your household’s urine and poop, then add that waste to your compost bin and use it to fertilize your garden. Jenkins began writing a book on human composting in the early 90s as a master’s thesis at Pennsylvania’s…