cross-posted from: https://wolfballs.com/post/21797
https://humanurehandbook.com/
So while the discussions site is getting trolled with some "human manure" (humanure) posts, I thought I would mention that I think composting human manure is kind of an interesting and important topic.
It's kind of like manure from any other animal, full of nutrients. Figuring out how to compost it can close the loop and reduce dependence on a waste water treatment facility.
I think it just composts like other things, but you need to let it compost a lot longer to make sure harmful things are destroyed. And might want to spread it on something that's not a food source. Although anecdotally I've heard of people getting treated sewage fertilizer and it growing tall crops.
Relatedly I know there was something called "night soil": https://infogalactic.com/info/Night_soil
"Night soil is a euphemism for human feces collected at night from cesspools, privies, etc. and sometimes used as a fertilizer."
Humanure when dried can also be used as fuel I think.
idk how all this works entirely, just opening up for discussion since we have this "manure" theme on the forum
Any thoughts on how to compost or make use of human manure?
Scruffy_Nerfherder@wolfballs.com 1 year ago
Composting toilets. This is already a commercially available product, Milorganite. Once it has sat around and cooked for a year, it's not poop anymore. Most mix it with straw and to make it better you can mix it with bio-char.
If we are looking at the zombie apocalypse, this is something that you need to know about.
An interesting factoid that I read says that the Chinese have practiced this for centuries and haven't had the problem of soil depletion that they had in America.