permaculture

["georg parlow" <georg@websuxxess.com>]

> > USE  A COMPOSTING TOILET SYSTEM....here I'd recommend something along
> > the lines of Jenkin's Humanure toilets.
>
> These work great - used 'em myself - but they are
> non-optimal/high-maintenance, especially if communal and/or
> large/extended-family use.  Examples on request...
>
> For a community-use/large family situation I recommend lower-maintenance

in fiji they used for large extended family use a sort of "composting loo"
that consisted of a (gov supplied) conctete lid with included toilet seat
(poured in one piece, lid approx 1 meter in diameter). this lid is placed
over a dug hole (1 meter deep, 1/2 meter or less in diameter), and a
lightweight bamboo structure is placed around it, for sight protection.
after a month or 2 a new hole is dug, lid and boo structure moved onto the
new hole, old hole planted with a banana sucker. this is it. keeps the kids
and the pigs off the poo.

georg