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JohnB

Joined: 09 Jul 2005
Posts: 685
Location: Beautiful sunny West Wales!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 11 10:43 am Post subject:

Andrea wrote:

We ban paper from the loo simply because it fills it up faster than it would without, and therefore means it needs digging out more often. Those stray bits which make their way down there anyway rot down just fine and are ultimately unidentifiable.

What do you do with the paper?

Andrea

Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 2260
Location: Portugal

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 11 11:57 am Post subject:

JohnB wrote:

What do you do with the paper?

Burn it.

Bulgarianlily

Joined: 01 Jun 2008
Posts: 1667
Location: South West Mountains of Bulgaria

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 11 6:45 pm Post subject:

That is why I like a bucket system, easy to deal with on a day to day basis rather than a big job

once a year!

https://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/specialist.html

"It's a mighty sight better to have a little privy over a big hole than a big privy over a little hole. Another thing; when you dig her deep you've got 'er dug; and you ain't got that disconcertin' thought stealin' over you that sooner or later you'll have to dig again." Charles Sale

Mutton

Joined: 09 May 2009
Posts: 1508

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:18 pm Post subject:

We're keeping down the amount of paper we put down to the septic tank, and anything that was urine only goes into a sack. The paper goes into a mixed heap with floor cleanings from the goose hut (concrete base). Quite liquid and soaks into paper well.

Working towards a composting toilet because I don't want to lose the nutrients from the land.

Is it possible to take the contents out of a septic tank and turn it into a compost heap? Presumably mixing it with compost/soil/some other dry item for the liquid to soak into?

If we changed to a composting toilet and didn't put anything new into a septic tank, would the contents be usable straight out of the tank in a few years? Some of the contents are not our personal products - pre-date us. Not saying the pre-date people had anything nasty, but because its not something you can know, is there anything to worry about in human diseases lurking in it?

BTW - Cedar - Preferred wood for making beehives because it lasts so long.

One other question. We were running cat litter trays using "spent" compost - as in stuff that had tomatoes in it all summer so was quite used. Put the used by cats end results into plastic feed sacks for want of anywhere better.
Should this be heaved over to a heap and composted properly with air getting in? Or will it get there in the end left in the sacks?

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:30 pm Post subject:
We have about 3 million toilets, we separate the liquid from the sludge and mix the solids with green waste and it composts dead quick. Occasionally causes a localised fog on cold mornings. You can see it here: https://g.co/maps/8em7d

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:37 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

We have about 3 million toilets, we separate the liquid from the sludge and mix the solids with green waste and it composts dead quick. Occasionally causes a localised fog on cold mornings. You can see it here:

https://g.co/maps/8em7d

Bloody marvellous things sewage works. We still have issues with the pipeage going from town and across our land to get there, but once the stuff arrives it's a great system.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:46 pm Post subject:
This is my favourite bit, it's a hydroturbine that generates power from the sewage flow as it comes into the works. https://g.co/maps/grc7f

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:46 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Did you supply the slurry that ITV got into trouble for spraying over the Emmerdale set to make it look older? Hope you didn't overcharge for delivery looking at that map!

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:50 pm Post subject:
Here's ours.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:51 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Behemoth wrote:

Bloody marvellous things sewage works. We still have issues with the pipeage going from town and across our land to get there, but once the stuff arrives it's a great system.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 9:53 pm Post subject:
Not guilty your honour! Emmerdale left Esholt a few years back to a purpose built set on the Harewood estate. https://g.co/maps/jpq56

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 10:00 pm Post subject:
Aaah, just seemed so appropriate that they treated the set to a s4i7 spray, given the amount they send out.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 11 10:09 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Here's ours.

Ahh bless. That central filter could do with a bit of a clean, unless the operators are growing tomatoes.

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 11 5:53 pm Post subject:
Personally, now I could do with some decent environmentally friendly fertiliser, it seems too much of a waste to keep flushing it away. Hopefully early in the new year I'll sort something simple out in the garage to start with - a lidded bucket, simple frame and seat, and cart it off to our woodland to compost.

Kenworth

Joined: 04 Apr 2011
Posts: 855
Location: Michigan

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 11 11:35 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Personally, now I could do with some decent environmentally friendly fertiliser, it seems too much of a waste to keep flushing it away. Hopefully early in the new year I'll sort something simple out in the garage to start with - a lidded bucket, simple frame and seat, and cart it off to our woodland to compost.

https://www.rei.com/product/679029/reliance-luggable-loo

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