Hi all.
Still developing our our offgrid ecolodge in northern Indonesia, and experimenting with different designs for composting toilets.
We are following the principles and designs from Jenkins'
humanure handbook, and following solid advice we've received on this forum. We've built a humanure hacienda, and it's all working really well.
The problem is that we're a resort not a family home, so there will be many composting toilets which fill buckets quickly. Even with the handful of volunteers we have over here, emptying the toilets is becoming more regular and harder work. Since we stopped separating
urine, buckets have become much heavier.
Then recently I've seen people using wheelie bins. This is very appealing to us. Are there any good reasons why using a wheelie bin in conjunction with a large 'hacienda' style
compost bin would not be effective? Perhaps the longer duration of time the guests' deposits stay in the wheelie bin rather than the hot composting area has an effect on the process, or the length of time the compost needs before it can be used in soil?
Hopefully not, and we can start building our prototype right away!