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["Steve Bonney" <sustainableearth.steve@verizon.net>]

Robyn,

Thanks for the additional info. I am going to build one on
 my farm. I have the John Todd info on living machines,
 but experiential knowledge (which I highly value)
 is not readily accessible, since living machines are rare here.
    Cleaning the grease trap was the very worst job anyone
could be assigned while on KP in the army. When I owned
a restaurant, we avoided a grease trap by not having a
deep fryer. Which brings me to the question. Are you able
to intercept or emilinate the grease before it reaches the
septic system? This would be a much more palatable task
and the grease could then be composted.
Steve

Steve Bonney
Sustainable Earth
  a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to the
  development of sustainable family farming systems
  and local food systems
100 Georgton Ct.
W. Lafayette, IN 47906
(765) 463-9366
----- Original Message -----
From: <permed@nor.com.au>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: RE: living machines


> >> it flows into the reedbeds - once again no grinder. I do have to clean
> >> the accumulated muck off the top of the grease trap once or twice a
year
> >> and process it through a rapid compost heap.
> >
> >I have been wondering if you be able to process the solids out of the
septic
> >tank back through a composting toilet rather than a compost heap?
> >
> >What are your thoughts?
>
> The volume of solids from a septic tank would probably fill the whole
> compost toilet & there's be major logistics and all kinds of health
> issues involved. (The system with the septic tank includes the flush
> toilet waste)
> In the passage quoted above from my original message I'm talking about a
> grease trap and one could theoretically put it into the composting toilet
> but it's very sloppy and has that powerful distinctive grease trap odour
> which is quite on the nose - I take deep breaths when I'm cleaning the
> grease trap, scoop the stuff quickly into a bucket or two and run to the
> compost heap as fast as I can and cover it with a heap of hay - It takes
> a couple of turnings to loose the odour.
> Robyn
>
> I'm interested in finding out if there's any acceptable way
>
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