Campus Tours:Composting Bathroom
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Why a composting toilet?
A composting bathroom allows for the recycling of human waste through composting. There is no water wasted through flushing, and the end result is a valuable resource for our soil.
We take great care when dealing with the composting toilets and are researching the breakdown of pathogens and other aspects of human manure as compared to that of other animals.
The scoop
We started with a store-bought composting toilet in our composting bathroom, but after two years of use determined it was big, ugly and intimidating to use and clean. The toilet was difficult to maintain, required an air vent and electricity to run a fan.
The homemade composting toilet we were using outside was working so well we moved it indoors. The homemade toilet is easier to use and maintain, doesn’t require air vents or electricity, emits virtually no odor, is portable and does not attract insects.
Use of the homemade composting toilet is relatively simple, you use as you would any toilet and then cover the deposit with a layer of old sawdust. Old sawdust is best because it has plenty of helpful bacteria ready to get to work composting.
If you’re still not sold on the homemade composting toilet, the conventional bathroom (dubbed as such due to the store-bought flush toilet) is just down the hall.
A great book on the subject of Humanure composting is also available free on the web... http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html
The rest of the room
Sticking with the cob theme throughout Old Main the decorations in the composting bathroom are made out of cob including the 3-d wall decorations, shelves and mirror.
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