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Old 03-24-2019, 12:20 PM   #1
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Composting Toilet - Video

So.... I made this YouTube video as sort of a light-hearted jab at the hundreds (maybe thousands) of videos on there from people who are basically in love with their Nature's Head toilets. I feel a little weird posting about it because I've been pretty active on this forum and I wasn't sure I wanted people to know this was me... but what the hell. Ripping off the band-aid! The whole point is to get people to see it, I guess... and I've made a lot of friends here, so why not?


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Wow very cool video. You're very endearing and you're very good on camera!
Nice to put a face and voice to your profile.
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Old 03-24-2019, 02:57 PM   #3
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Wow very cool video. You're very endearing and you're very good on camera!
Nice to put a face and voice to your profile.
Awwwww shucks... Thank you. I'm still feeling pretty awkward but it's getting less weird. I'm working on the 3rd one now.
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Old 03-24-2019, 03:17 PM   #4
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Just FYI, as I understand it if you use a sphagnum peat moss it allows the composting to start right away while it's still in the bucket. The biggest negative of a natures head is the fact you have to pay close to $1K for a toilet I can build for less than $100. including the cabinet it sits in.
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Old 03-24-2019, 03:36 PM   #5
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Just FYI, as I understand it if you use a sphagnum peat moss it allows the composting to start right away while it's still in the bucket. The biggest negative of a natures head is the fact you have to pay close to $1K for a toilet I can build for less than $100. including the cabinet it sits in.
dry toilets are handy and we may end up putting one in our bus. The actual "composting" takes a LOT longer than that poo is in the commode, though. They're just human litter boxes. Handy, though.
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Old 03-24-2019, 09:47 PM   #6
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dry toilets are handy and we may end up putting one in our bus. The actual "composting" takes a LOT longer than that poo is in the commode, though. They're just human litter boxes. Handy, though.
Right! If people would just admit they do it for convenience and not for the environment, it wouldn't be so fun to rag on them!

And as far as I understand it, though the toilet can begin the process, there's no way it's composted enough to use on plants unless you're either leaving it in the toilet for a year or your toilet is very very hot. Plus - removing all the pee is not necessarily the right thing to do for composting, though it's a common practice for small living spaces because of smell reduction.
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This is going directly into my bus stuff playlist. Aaaaand you might have a new subscriber, lol.
I love what I can see of your bus in the background, by the way!
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Old 03-26-2019, 12:49 PM   #8
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This is going directly into my bus stuff playlist. Aaaaand you might have a new subscriber, lol.
I love what I can see of your bus in the background, by the way!
Thanks! Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I was busy having an argument in the Skoolie Nation Facebook group.

I'll show the whole interior soon. Trying to entice people with little bits of the background first. Glad to know it's working!

Thanks for subscribing, it really helps.
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Hilarious! Well said about the lack of composting actually going on. A little concerning how much waste is getting dumped in garbage from the new nomad movement (pun intended)
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Hilarious! Well said about the lack of composting actually going on. A little concerning how much waste is getting dumped in garbage from the new nomad movement (pun intended)
LOL!

A guy over on Facebook just told me that throwing poop in the trash is the same as composting if you use compostable bags, because someone is going to bring it to the landfill. And of course we all know landfills are where composting happens.
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Now that is something I can't unsee... My eyes! My eyes!
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Trying to keep me from watching porn, my brother sent me to a porn site called shitcity.com. Made this video seem like childs play, or actually they played with it a lot at the site. Don't think it is up anymore.
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Trying to keep me from watching porn, my brother sent me to a porn site called shitcity.com. Made this video seem like childs play, or actually they played with it a lot at the site. Don't think it is up anymore.
And how exactly did your BROTHER know about that site? Hmm. And he thought your porn was bad.
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And how exactly did your BROTHER know about that site? Hmm. And he thought your porn was bad.
Good point. He was an art director in Hollywood.
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LOL!

A guy over on Facebook just told me that throwing poop in the trash is the same as composting if you use compostable bags, because someone is going to bring it to the landfill. And of course we all know landfills are where composting happens.
Our local landfill is full so now all trash goes to an incinerator. Burning poop must smell nice
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Our local landfill is full so now all trash goes to an incinerator. Burning poop must smell nice
We have an incinerator plant. IDK if its still in use but I LOVE the idea. They burned trash and produced electricity.
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I actually do like the idea as well.

Composting toilets not so much. maybe if people would admit it is just a litter box then it would be ok.
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I actually do like the idea as well.

Composting toilets not so much. maybe if people would admit it is just a litter box then it would be ok.
Right?
I'll have an emergency and occasional-use litterbox in my shorty but mostly because I have IBS and I like to have a restroom sorta close-by.
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Makes sense.

We had a teardrop camper for many years, and just had a pee bottle. After getting a bigger camper with a real toilet , that was such a luxury.
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