This isn't the original articles but one that echos the fact that composting toilets don't actually compost. I'm still looking for the original.
https://www.livesmallridefree.com/blog/why-your-composting-toilet-doesnt-actually-compost-poop Josh On Mon, Jun 10, 2019, 2:06 PM Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Any link to that article? > > Joe > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh > Muckley via CnC-List > *Sent:* Monday, June 10, 2019 12:30 PM > *To:* C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Cc:* Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List compost toilet? > > > > I was initially "sold" on composting toilets and continued to consider > purchasing one. I think that as a replacement for a portable camp toilet > they are suitable options. Along my research journey I found one > individual who had done a side by side comparison of 2 different models. > In summary, he found that the rate of accumulation was far faster than the > rate of decomposition. As such the clean out was akin to cleaning out a > bucket of poop. It was not just "clean, decomposed soil". In addition, > since the system is not sufficiently sized they do not engineer it to > accommodate urine being mixed with the "solids" and also cannot accommodate > any type of toilet tissue. These left me with concerns over "What do I do > with the urine? What do I do with the tissue? And what/when/how do I > handle the clean out? How do you instruct your guest on proper use?" if > you can comfortably answer these questions for yourself then by all means > the composting toilets may be a good solution for you. > > > > My boat came with a Vacu-Flush. It sucks out the material. Poop, pee and > tissue with no problems and only uses 16oz of water to do it. My 20 gallon > holding tank is thusly able to accommodate ~150 flushes. I have a > masserator pump which can be used to pump out the tank when greater than 3 > miles offshore - if that was a goal. While on inland waterways (always) I > just use the regularly available pump outs on a periodicity of about once > or twice a year - once a month if heavy use occurs and even then more for > the prevention of smell. > > > > Josh Muckley > > S/V Sea Hawk > > 1989 C&C 37+ > > Solomons, MD > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019, 11:09 AM Bev Parslow via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Anyone has tried this? Do they work? Are there disadvantages? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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