Re: national organic standards, the sewage sludge issue

lloyd kinder (lkindr@hotmail.com)
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:55:23 PST

Alex wrote:
<P>Or, you can just put a composting toilet in and not tell anyone. How
will they <BR>know?

<P>We have a self contained unit in the house and a 1 pint flush
toilet/multrum
<BR>in the farm apprentices' living space. The composted poop goes
through
our
<BR>"household" compost bins and then is used in flower beds and
landscaped
areas
<BR>that are away from food growing areas. (Organic standards and food
safety laws
<BR>do not currently allow use.) By the way, you ought to see the
difference
in
<BR>the flowers!

<P>There's a large number of manufacturers of different designs. And
there's
at
<BR>least one book out about building your own.

<P>Let's not wait for another government solution to our problems. (We
all know
<BR>how well that works!) We can each seek out the information we need
and start
<BR>taking responsibility for our own crap.

<P>Alex

Hi Alex. Can you give us titles and authors of some of these terrific
books. I'd like to build a compost toilet myself. Aloha. Lloyd

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