The Compost Toilet Handbook

Another good book from Joseph Jenkins. It contains plans, directions, and technical instructions for creating and maintaining a compost toilet. The author is careful to explainthat this is not a "composting" toilet because that would imply that the essential decay would take place in the toilet. Rather, this is a bucket and bin system where the composting takes place in the bin. It is a very practical book for anyone who is creating an off-grid sanitary system for "humanure."

I was leery to read about this topic but I am SO glad that I have this book. It's basically finding out that us poor humans are pretty ignorant, brainwashed, bamboozled, etc. We need to question every so-called expert in every field. How did we get to be so gullible and stupid?! Blindly trusting authorities is dangerous.Thanks Joseph, for writing this book. Your first book has lots of BS mixed in with the good information. This one is straight forward. I think it is one of the most important books ever written. Honestly! If everyone in the world who needs a toilet could be provided with a compost toilet system, it would be the most cost effective improvement to quality of life possible.

This was a very thorough and easy to understand explanation of how to set up a use a compost toilet. After reading this book, I don’t think there’s anything else I need to know.

Well written book. Really gives you all you need.To be honest, the book could be drastically shorter - there are a million examples in it and if you need them, you do. If you don't, they just make the book longer than it needs to be.But...this is a revolutionary book that has been around a long time and gives you everything you need to know.

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I don’t know the last time I read a book that changed my outlook on something so fundamental. Turns out we’ve been going to the bathroom all wrong!I bought this book to understand the best way to maintain a waterless toilet. I suspected this would work, because I found there wasn’t much odor when I used a 5-gallon bucket in the woods, as long as there was plenty of forest floor in there as well. The methods for using and maintaining this system are clearly outlined. I am excited to start an off-grid method that not only resolves where the poo should go, but works with nature to end up with rich, odorless, pathogen-eliminated compost dirt.

I'm very happy to see a new toilet book by Joe Jenkins, as his Humanure Handbook is amazing, a classic, ever useful, and a reference book to keep referring back to, but it has its limitations. This book takes it to the next level, much more polished type of book.

Might not be a topic you ever thought of but if the grid goes down, what will you do? Easy commonsense solution without odors. Why this isn't part of every home in our country is a shame.