Looking for advice on bug control. I housed my sun-mar in a well constructed outhouse for over a year. After experiencing two summers of beetles and their...
I thought that soapy water was the ticket for killing bugs without poisons. I use Simple Green exclusively as a contact poison - should work on the gnats as...
Hi I have had some success getting rid of the compost flies you are suffering from by mixing nippon ant killer in with the covering material. it is made with...
I have had a Clivus for 4 years. They recommended an approach that has eliminated the small fly/gnat problem. It's a LED light placed near the vent connection...
If you want to use the compost for something else then dumping it on a toxic wast belt, keep real insecticides out please, you may even kill the good guys that...
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After messing about with scissors and gaffer tape trying I've just come across this link where you can buy a urine separator made from recycled plastic. ...
Hmmm...tape and urine...sounds smelly to me. Did you, by chance - look at my previous post in this thread ? I've been using that 99 cent funnel for years now. ...
I have been using the C-head urine diverting toilet for over a year and it does a fine job. I keep a large funnel in a 5 gal. plastic water dispenser...
Dear members of Compost-toilet, We have an honour to invite you to participate in the 4th International Dry Toilet Conference. It will be held in*Tampere,...
I eventually started making my own urine separators and am selling them here. http://www.freerangedesigns.co.uk/urine-separator-for-compost-toilet.html...
I first joined this group because having a composting toilet was an absolute NEED for my rural lifestyle - and I also needed ideas on how to come up with a...
Hi All I was excited to see this as a public discussion; http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/07/waste-not-want-not-providing-for-south-africas-food-security/ Yours,...
Hi all, Copying an article I came across... ~sanjay Railways world's largest open toilet: Jairam Jairam Ramesh, Union Rural Development, Drinking Water and...
from Sam Hi nice to know of your experience. I am presently doing research on composting toilet with the view to building my own and helping people in the...
Hi You wil find a toilet suited for the third world at www. demotech.org Look at all designs:bathroom with toilet.It consists of two pits. On top of that, a...
Urine diversion may prevent electricity generation (from article: the organic waste matter is the fuel and nitrate is the oxidant) IMO - it makes more sense to...
Great points, Sanjay. Although the situation is very complex and variable, so it's hard to make brief sum-ups. There are many wastewater-fed microbial fuel...
I probably just need some referrals if you would rather not answer this here. We live out in the county so was wondering about a really simple way for...
Dear Sanjay, Many thanks for your critical review, which points out the real tasks that have to be solved. Concerning point 2, I agree with you. We have...
Hello All, This is the first time that I have contributed this site and I would like to make some observations that could be valuable in not only making...
The irony Sam is that it is the Anglo/European method of deficating sitting down that is the clearly the less natural and less healthy method. It is in fact we...
Hi all, I'm a newbie, so sorry if this has been covered before. Did a search but... We've been using a simple urine separating setup for about ten years. Moist...
Hello We featured this solution in the back of our book, The Composting Toilet System Book. Your system might salt up after awhile, and the microbes tire of...
Thanks Carol, Yes I saw your description when I read your book years ago. How much volume of substrate would you suggest was a minimum for a household of 6...
... No good info, but a few thoughts. High moisture content ("wet") tends to lead to anerobic digestion and smell. I tend to think whatever you can do to...
