Is this a pet project of yours?
I have been using our compost toilet for over ten years with good results.
From my experience, the problems I can see with the trench-style system you
describe are:
• It is difficult to install such a trench near one’s living quarters.
• If we are to go to different locations on the trench, that may cause
some confusion, especially when it is dark during the night.
• Without a concrete floor, the trench won’t pass inspection by the
local planning department.
• People will tend to neglect excavating the product, thus leaving all
that extremely high N material in one place instead of distributing it evenly
across your land. When my compost toilet is full, I have to empty it since
no more will go in. I then compost it for another year with plant residues
etc. before spreading it very finely across my growing area. In Natural
Farming, which I practice, even organic fertilizers such as manure are not
accepted, except for returning the organic matter naturally occurring on a
farm to the land as a means of soil improvement and not as fertilizer. A
high N concentration is to be avoided since it will result in a soil
imbalance.
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