The composting of human manure need not be complicated or expensive.
Why not use a simple sawdust toilet as described at these sites?
http://www.kauai.net/humanure/humanure.html
http://www.rdrop.com/users/krishna/sawdust.htm
Here's how the sawdust toilet stacks up against Frank and Jeff's (overly
strict?) criteria:
1) low cost --- yes, extremely
2) efficient design --- yes
3) easily installed --- yes
4) works well --- yes
5) creates no odors --- yes, if used properly
6) is easily serviced ---yes
7) should not look like too different than standard fixtures --- no, it
look very different, but why not keep the standard fixture for
appearances and guests, if this is important to you, and slide the
sawdust toilet out of the way under a counter when not using?
8) legal --- maybe not, but so what? It's safe, and returning our
"wastes" to the soil is the right thing to do.
9) works at remote sites --- definitely
10) works without additives --- only needs sawdust or some other form of
high-carbon material
11) is easy to keep compost process active --- depends on how it is
handled. Some users of sawdust toilets let the mixture "moulder" while
others build a hot compost pile.
Granted, this is an active method that is not going to appeal to those
who don't want to see, smell, or have any kind of close encounter with
their bodily wastes. But for simplicity and effectiveness, it can't be
beat.
Doug
