I'm looking for "all known instances" of home-built 5-gallon bucket compost systems with separate composting chambers because we're trying to get Portland, Oregon to start permitting home-built composting toilets and they want some background info. Point me to links online, cite a book, tell me about yours, send me an email (toilet AT darinwick.com). The more details the merrier. I will be sharing this information with my local government and probably posting it online for others to reference.
If it's your own system, please describe:
- your setup: urine diversion? leachate collection? open vs. closed pile? pile size? areation technique? carbon matter type? any other details?
- number of users
- maintenance schedule: How often do you empty the bucket? switch piles? turn the pile, if ever?
- lab test results (if any)
- temperature (how high & for how long)
- how much it composted (if no test data)
- when did you start using it? (and when, if at all, did you stop?)
- location
- building type
We also made a
survey for ease of checking off that you've answered all the questions, or for sharing with non-permies bucket toilet users.
I've read through most of the existing bucket toilet threads, I know about the Humanure Handbook.
