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Simple safe urine recycling process

 
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https://theconversation.com/we-developed-a-simple-process-to-recycle-urine-heres-how-its-done-150309

Perhaps, instead of quicklime, existing ground volcanic ash, pumice, olivine or basalt could be alkaline (pH 10+) enough.

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Or wood ash.

Seems like urinating in the garden would also be an option.  Or into a jug that you deliver to the garden...
 
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I suspect this would work on turds as well.
It reminds me of a diy toilet I've seen.
That one was in a camper , and it relied strictly on the drying action of the cover materials and fan.

I wonder if there is a way to drain the liquid while retaining the quicklime.
 
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Alkaline material = 3 kg a month for a family of 4 (from the link) sounds like a lot of pee for 6.6 lbs of wood ash.



 
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Why even bother to drain liquids?  Why not just keep it all together and let the sawdust deal with it?
 
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Can’t compost it without keeping it moist!
Adding this system is taking an expensive system and making it more expensive.
 
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