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Humanure Dry Toilet Made From a Milk Crate
Modern toilets take two valuable resources, water and nitrogen rich human waste, and combine the two to create a problem: sewage. In a dry or “humanure” toilet, you cover your deposits with a layer of non-toxic sawdust. Once the toilet is full you dump the contents into your outdoor humanure pile and compost the waste at high temperatures for at least a year. You can then use that compost as fertilizer for plants. The ubiquitous five gallon bucket is the most commonly used humanure receptacle. Most humanure toilet designs I’ve seen such as the ones on Joseph Jenkin’s website make use of wood which I’m not crazy about in the wet environment of a bathroom. Even with a coat of paint wood gets grungy. Alternatively, you can buy plastic camping toilet seats that will clamp on to a five gallon bu... but they have, in my opinion, an unacceptable wobble when you sit on them. For these reasons I designed a sturdy dry toilet making use of a scavenged milk crate. Even if the idea of humanure grosses you out (and it’s definitely the most controversial subject in our book), our milk crate toilet would be great for camping, emergencies or your remote cabin.
Putting this toilet together takes just a few minutes. First, find a milk or beer crate and a five gallon bucket. Make sure that the crate you use is large enough to accommodate the bucket. And note, I know of someone arrested for scavenging beer crates behind a strip club, of all places, so be discreet or ask for permission. Incidentally, when the police finished booking the beer crate scavenger the officer placed the paperwork in . . . a scavenged beer crate doubling as an in box!
Attaching the Toilet Seat to the CrateNext, find a toilet seat. Forage one or pick up a cheap seat at your local hardware store. In an emergency situation, you could also use the one on your regular toilet and simply bolt it back on when the zombie threat has passed and the sewage pipes are flowing again. To attach the seat to the milk crate simply position the plastic bolts and nuts that come with the lid in the center and on the short end of the bottom of the crate. Don’t over tighten.
Cutting Out a Hole in the CratePlace the bucket so that it will be appropriately positioned under the seat. Mark the outline of the bucket on the crate with a knife and cut out a circle with a jigsaw or keyhole saw so that the bucket will fit through the former bottom of the crate.
Attaching Legs to the Crate with Cable TiesCut four pieces of scrap wood (we found some old table legs for a more finished look), and attach them to each corner of the crate so that the bucket projects about a 1/2-inch above the level of the crate. The legs will be approximately 13 1/2-inches. Make sure that the toilet seat will fit snugly against the top of the bucket. We attached the legs with cable ties, but you could also use screws or bolts.
Moving the SpacerThe last step is to move the spacer on the bottom of the lid, so that it does not hit the top of the bucket. Pop it out with a knife or chisel, drill another hole, and reposition.
Your humanure toilet is now done and ready for use. Simply lift the crate off the bucket when it comes time to empty the contents. Follow the detailed instructions on Joseph Jenkin’s website to learn how to properly compost human waste.
This toilet is simple to make, easy to clean, and is made of readily available materials. I think this particular design will be useful in emergencies and, when combined with Jenkin’s excellent humanure methods, would prevent the dangerous raw sewage nightmares of the sort we saw in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. There is a creative commons licence on all the text and photos on this website so feel free to translate and disseminate this post widely. We’re “open source” here at Homegrown Evolution. If you make an improvement in the design please let us know.
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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on
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You do realize that human feces has toxic bacteria that will contaminate what you use it on? Anything you use it on will be toxic to eat and make you very sick. Even kill you if exposed to enough of it. A farmer did this in Ohio a few years back. Every person who ate the produce got deathly sick and some did die. In the Vietnam war. The Vietcong would tip the sticks they sharpened up in human shit for one reason. If one of our troops so much as scratched with them. They would develop a staff infection no medicine can break. The only recourse of action left would be to cut off the limb or the soldier would die a horrible death. And god forbid it be somewhere they couldn't cut off. Because then they would have to operate and scrape the infection out and hope they saved their life. Very few ever survived that one. So to even think of using human feces in this way is asking to get sick or die.
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Permalink Reply by Jessie W. Garrett III on
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Yeah, I have a friend from high school who has went totally off the grid and ended up doing this his first year of being off the grid...He ended up in the hospital for 6 months fighting a blood infection and something dealing with intestinal infection...He followed this guru of off grid about using everything from human waste to everything else they suggest to create fertilizer...He showed me the plans at one time for his compost mixer...It would use solar power to turn the barrel one way while the mixing blades inside would turn the other...He started with just food scraps and then started throwing in human crap, horse shit and cow shit...Now if he would have left the human feces out of it, the doctor's told him he would have never ended up in the hospital with the intestinal and blood infections....It took them 4 blood transfusions along with huge amounts of antibiotics and IV fluids to save his life...
I refuse to use human feces in any project dealing with creating mulch for gardens...Using horse and cow manure works the best and actually safer to use...I know my friends in the Amish community here have been using animal manure for years...So trusting some off the grid guru that says human feces is safe to use is totally not for me....It's like pissing on an electric fence, you just don't do it.....
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Permalink Reply by saint.357 on
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yeah i just liked the diy toilet i wouldn't reused the waste like those people did, except maybe in Vietcong style traps like rhino said. you guys are focusing on the wrong part.
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the toilet part is cool. i liked it. it just grossed me out about that fool who wrote the article wants to use human waste for food fertilizer. that is more lethal the cyanide. the fact that Jessie's friend barely lived proved that. fact is that i am amazed he lived through it at all considering the pathogens in human waste. its those same pathogens that gives shit its stink. the worse the smell. the worse the pathogens and bacteria. during the Vietnam war. the guys that had it in the blood died horribly. they suffered the tortures of the damned before going. if they got it in the foot or hand. they could only save their lives by amputations. thats part of why you see so many legless vets in the VA hospitals that served in that war among other health complications.
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yeah, the toilet is a redneck invention...(L) I got end tables and a coffee table in my house made out of milk crates...And it aint that easy cutting them fuckers with a sharp knife...I've tried, I finally used a jigsaw to make my cuts....(LOL)
I thought there for a minute you were trying to kill two birds with one stone...(LOL) Free fertilizer and a homemade toilet...
As for my friend, he's still going through dialysis because of the infections he suffered...From what I understand, he's having to do the dialysis 5 to 6 times a week because it fucked up his kidneys, liver and bladder...So from what I understand last time I talked to him he's waiting on a transplant of all three organs...But from what I have seen from the effects, he won't be with us much more...So even though he survived the main infection, the after effects are killing him....
But I don't see him making it much past June or July this year...But I tried to tell him to investigate and research the off the grid stuff his self and he went with someone who, comes to find out, was in prison for 23 years for fraud...So it's kind of a lesson, research and investigate subjects thoroughly before trusting anyone or everyone....
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hey Jessie. has anyone done anything with the ground that your friend planted on? reason i ask is because the ground is now contaminated and cant be used for this now. anything planted that has to do with food planted in that ground will be just as toxic and will be for several years afterward. i so feel sorry for this guy. as you can see. he is suffering like our guys did in Nam over this. its a very horrible and grueling death.
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Yeah, he told me they dug the ground up and he now has a 20X50 hole where he had planted the garden and have turned that area into a burning pit...Where he burns trash...
His girlfriend called me last night and he has turned for the worst...According to what she told me last night, he'll probably be gone by this weekend...
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DAMN!! please give them my condolences. this is sad indeed.
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Hey Jessie. I did some digging. Your friend may be able to take this guy to court for the misinformation he was given due to the damage it has done. Even if he passes. His direct family may be able to get justice for this. And if they go to the district atorney's office. The guru may even face a negligent homocide charge to. Something to check into being this varies state by state.
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