Are you considering a compost toilet for your tiny house? Today’s episode is for you!
Joe Jenkins has become a household name in the tiny house movement, because he’s the author of the Humanure Handbook, which is literally the Bible of composting human excrement. I read the Humanure Handbook while I was designing and planning my tiny house, and although I knew I needed a compost toilet for practical reasons, reading the book made me want to use a compost toilet for ethical and environmental reasons. In this wide ranging interview, Joe talks about the forthcoming edition of the Humanure Handbook, what has changed in composting over the years and general tips on how to make it work the best in your home.
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I do not like the Jenkins approach to composting toilets. It requires that you keep a bin of sawdust inside your bathroom area. This makes a mess, and can introduce insects. Adding sawdust to the toilet drastically reduces capacity, meaning more frequent emptying. Plus there is no vent. Without a vent basically you bury poop under sawdust and hope it doesn’t stink. No way. So many better toilets available.