How I Compost My Poop in a Simple Compost Toilet | Humanure
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- I compost my own poop. It's called humanure and I'd have thought it to be weird myself just a few years ago. Now I think it makes a lot of sense. For more information on how to, why, and safety as well as a link to a free version of The Humanure Handbook go to www.robingreenf...
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This will probably be the best water saver for California. Most people are not ready to make this change.
the best water saver is turning off the sprinklers on the front lawns and golf courses... but this could make a change too.
technically the largest water consumption is from the agricultural industries specifically meat. and we all know how unsustainable these industries are. but seriously think about all the people that use good drinking water to flush poop and pee down the drain, and they wonder why we are in a drought...
People is there any hop[e for them?
Im kinda thinking of a model where you don't have to care that much about your poop.
California is dying from liberalism
I've done it for some years now. It's really easy, and no smell, all after i read the same book. I pee in a gallon container, that goes on the compost pile. I've got a paper shredder and everything that is paper or cardboard gets shredded and is used for poo cover. Then when the container is full, on the pile it goes, then just shove a layer of leaves on top. All organic stuff from the kitchen goes on the pile as well. I don't tell anyone, but I haven't flushed for years. 😁
Ha! 😄 Me neither, haven't mentioned it-- people can be narrow-minded and judgemental. But hey-- when the water and sewer system hits a snag, we'll "be the only ones on our block" to not panic.
@@2Hearts3Yes, best not mention it or some busybody might go out of their way. But when you think about it, before the "flush toilet" where did manure go? Back on the land, where it belongs, the rivers and the sea are not where you want it.
It's so efficient and makes sense! It's funny to think that in order to save ourselves from many modern problems, we have to take a "step back" to a more resourceful time.
It's called de-globalisation, whereby we stop mindlessly consuming things we don't need, giving money to rich elites who underpay workers far away, and pressuring a government to go to war to fight for oil to produce our luxuries...
Globalisation is definitely not the way forward, it not only hurts humanity, but our planet too.
de-globalisation simy consists in doing as you said:
-taking a step back
-coexisting with nature, not fighting or manipulating it
-buying less
-importing less
-not buying throw away products
-buying locally so that we can support local businesses and live in a a wealthy environment.
one way to do this is to keep your nutrients for you, and to make 100% FREE FOOD out of it.
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I see, so it has a name. I love what you've pointed out; I am all for it. In fact, it's one of the reasons I moved to a new country. I've been trying to start up a small garden on my balcony for my own food. If feels great to be stepping in the right direction!
+Dollightful great!
its stupid not to do this. & maybe by now industries have a vested interest in this and the governments would be to embarrassed to admit how stupid they've been.
So happy to find you here!! Huge fan!!
That combination of technics like, vermicompost, soldier fly compost, compost poop, and another simple technics , can save the planet, can save us. Cam help poor countries in a Lot of many ways. Thanks man.
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symbiotic relationship with nature
Neighbor: "Honey, the homeless guy that lives on the lot next door is saving his poop again. Looks like he's growing food with it..."
this is not a new concept, my German grandfather used buckets in his bathroom for years,I thought it was weird, but now that I have my own organic garden, I get it. Everything has a purpose,
Thank you for this great, concise, and informative video. Glad to see that you're using leaves and dirt, using materials readily available. Many videos I've seen insist that straw is the only good cover. Not so! You're proving that leaves work. Great news for me, as I have tons of leaves here, and straw is hard to find here. Also, just from my experience here, dirt and leaves work well as cover in the toilet, too. Pine pellets are good, but again, sometimes not available. I think one key to success with this very worthwhile endeavour is to find the solution that works best for your particular circumstances. One expert says straw must be wet; another says straw must be dry. So-- "try, try, again," and find the solutions that work best for you. Thank you for this video. 🏆🙂👍
I got to say that's not only humanure for me Since I started doing it, my physical, mental and spiritual health inproved a lot. I recovered from a very hard and difficult to cure disease. Because of this, I could start doing in my life and invent many new things that I could not before due to poor health and poor general condition. Beacause of this, I was able to start working a lot physically and intellectually. I also feel better spritually- happier and freer to do good and generally as me and I can also give this happiness to others. The very sad thing is that people do not want to see that the changes that have taken place are the results of working towards humanure.
Well congrat brother you're going to heaven 100% I can confirm
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Thank you! This is the first composting toilet video I've seen that actually explains the realities of composting human waste! Every van, RV, and skoolie that has one makes a video about how great their toilet is for the environment; but most don't realize it's not done composting when it comes out of the toilet. The result is humanure where it doesn't belong, since few nomads have a composting pile. Thanks again for explaining!
I am much impressed with this idea of decomposing human feces, I would like to know more about the process.
We have been 'humanuring'for over two years now. And no, it is not weir at all! Keep up the good work! Greets from "The Yurties".
+Yurties TV Rock on!
i'd love to start "humanuring" but I'm only 15 and my parents would be disgusted... I live in France, and there are still many "natural" toilets but it would be very hard to do in my home.
I understand very well the various reasons we would do this, and it's obvious that within 100 years we will need to make "humanure" or we will run out of top soil across the globe.
These videos are very inspiring but unfortunately it's not as simple to do when you live with your parents.
I do grow some of my own vegetables and fruit though (like 99% of French people!) , but I feel like I'm not doing enough to help the world.
keep up the videos, bye.
+Dandan i'm not doing that.
if you combine the ideas behind humanure composting and the jean pain method you can also get free hot water and methane gas for fuel
I'm going to make a composting toilet for use on my allotment.
I love the idea even though it's only plausible if you have a garden or backyard. Hopefully composting will become accessible as technology progresses
One of the best videos I've ever watched in RUclips. Thank you! Gonna have a go now!
Excellent choice of words!
Hi Rob,
Love the on point video to explain the basics. I want to use this system in Papua New Guinea. The village has 3000 residents and our concerns are the water table is only 3-5 metres down. We would look at a community style compost area with multiple bins and gardens. Should we line the ground with plastic and the walls or just use 4" of palm branches and leaves on the base. There's a timber mill next door and we have unlimited saw dust.
I tried telling my family and friends about this they just don't understand keep up the videos I love foraging and am hoping to start a food forest
OMG ROB!! i didn't know you were faaaamous! anyway-- my humanure is hard at work and i'm going to collect leaf mold in my forest. it's all so magic-- when i began all that was available for a base compost here in the Ozarks was (aged) sawdust! yes, even sawdust can transform with mother natures love. take care, bro. tricky times a comin'
Brilliant!! Now if everyone did this, our world would be a much better world xo
I really appreciate what you do. Theres good and then there is rob greenfield good.
Sawdust also works well
Why...? Because if everybody is doing this, we can all lessen the footprint of overpopulation and yes, save the world! Lover your garden and your simple, efficient system! :)
What a wholesome guy
Terrific video! I was wondering if there are any cities where the local government actually participates in allowing people to compost at a public location. Like if you wanted to drop it off someplace if you don't have a setup like yours. Thanks!
I am not aware of a city in the USA that does this. But I have seen programs like that in other countries, Haiti was one I believe. I'm assuming you are talking about composting human poop. If you are talking about composting food scraps and yard waste then yes many cities do that.
Rob Greenfield exactly, yes, humanure. Love the active composting option. And very interesting indoor option. But thx about the humanure handbook too!
Great video. Thank you for the inspiration. I'm ready to make the change. I'm actually going to do this.
A less effort and extremely efficient way is to start using urine as fertilizer !!
It doesn't need any efforts. Just fill the bottle and give it to any tree (soil must be moist) weekly.
The results are astonishing !!
The high nitrogen content bursts new leaves in trees ...
Haha! I agree. I dug a small hole in the backyard lawn and started putting pee in it, now there's a 5-ft diameter circle around the pee hole that has beautiful green grass! The other grass looks pretty shabby:-)
I read somewhere that its not safe to do if you eat meat but if you are a vegetarian its ok. I understand the temp kills everything but is there some other reason that some would say this?
You can compost your poop whether you eat a fully plant based diet or you eat meat.
this was great info. thanks for sharing, it helped me a lot
Fabulous idea.
Thanks for sharing this…👍
Hero! Thanks for sharing!
These are the kind of people that give me faith in humanity ;-) btw are you vegan???
Hi Rainy! I typically eat about a 90% plant based diet.
Great Information for ALL :-) Thank you for the step by step informative video....
This is why human exist to give nutrients to nature.
how long before you can use human waste compost for vegetables or plants anyone?
Btw great video sir love from Philippines 🇵🇭
This is the key to eternal life and heaven 🔑☁️😢
It is very traditional way and most powerful compost.
Youre a genius man!
I have a composting toilet made in the kids old playing house - its easy and doesn´t smell at all
Thank you Bob!!!!! Got the 'hu-pee' going, the poop is next!
its ok
have you had any problems for not using city waste or a septic system? I really want to do something similar to this but from what i can gather it seems cities want to tell people they have to have some sort of flush-able toilet or waste rather then recycling our waste in our home...
I did not have any problems. As far as I know you are allowed to have and use a compost toilet as long as you also have a working flush toilet in the home. But you can not use that and just use the compost toilet. Go for it!
i've been doing this. been ordered by the village of whitefishbay wisconsin to stop. the village itself has been polluting lake michigan for a long time. they themselves are under orders to stop and have a 100 million $ project to do so. why do they bother me.?
Ok..You just answered my question on whether you can mix urine with poop! Great info here! Thank you!
I'm curious, is there any risk for ground water contamination doing this? (From the compost piles)
You avoid ground water contamination by putting the compost pile in an area that wont flood. That would mean higher ground and not low dips. Any form of human poop control can cause ground water contamination, including septic and municipal systems.
Composting human poop is extremely safe as long as it's done right. The Humanure Handbook is a great resource if you want to learn more.
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I've always been thinking about why do we put our wastes in the water and not on the soil... I just got that idea from the Bible, because back in time before they would poop, they would dig the soil and there they would cover it after doing their business...but now, people are putting the wastes in the water which is eeewww..... I hope people will realize more that we should put our wastes in the soil instead in the water..... I hope more people will engineer about this. GOD BLESS
You are so right on! I was thinking about this not too long ago, I think we're the only land mammal that will defecate in water. All the others do it on land!
Thank you brother god bless
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thanks for showing. We rent composting toilets in Switzerland ;-)
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@@orangewill7034 why so?
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Hi, I'm homeless right now and poop in a bucket. I've always wondered, what is the best way to deal with the waste product?
1) Bury it in a patch of dirt?
2) Throw it in the green bin?
3) Open the sewer hole with a metal rod and dump it down there?
I do not have the space capacity for a compost box, what do I do?
First step: Buy a house, so your not homeless anymore. Just kidding.
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When I say that God with His grace can heal through nature and act through infinite number of things, even believers in God often knock on the head and telk me that I am mentally ill or something. And I've just been in bad condition but it keeps getting all the way better. Certainly there are many graces of God in action for matters which are missing in the world and about which people think that they are not working but work wonderfully. I hope that it will gradually change and people will be able to take advantage of the good that is contained in this matter and also be able to discover many other wonders so far hidden for humanity or old and forgotten or considered not working but works great.
Cordial greetings and blessing for You everyone ❤
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I am certain your produce grows really really well
So I saw you on buzzfeed and you said you compost your poop and I wanted to know how you compost your own poop so I searched it on RUclips and what a surprise I found this video with you in it
Thanks bro. I'm trying to figure out some kind of compost system for SHTF scenario instead of burning it or digging an outhouse. I got a family of 6 so would be a massive compost pile.
It might not be as big of a compost pile as you think. Compost constantly shrinks as it biodegrades. Often it seems like the compost bin is going to fill but it just keeps shrinking.
Brilliant cheers
Thank you so much! You are so amazing and this video super helpful! May the universe bless you
Hi Rob this may be an odd question but how are you cleaning the bucket after without using water? I don't want to waste water cleaning the bucket.
Being from Southern California myself, I've learned that I don't always need water to clean things. I use dry matter like leaves Etc to clean my kitchen compost container, I've used sand also. I'd imagine it worked quite well in the poop bucket!
That's all awesome! I'm all about efficiency, creativity, self reliance. The nurse in me also thinks this is good, to prevent the spike proteins in peoples' body from the shots and the infection itself, from going into our water supply.....hmmmmm ;)
do you need a special permit for this? And what if you take medications, is that going to be harmful to the process?
Composting done at home does not require any permits. Only commercial/municipal composting would require permitting at some point I believe.
do you have to keep it from getting water in it?
Nice video. May I ask, how much time needed if I just use compost bucket to compost the feces?.
1month
Do you also pee in the toilet or does that ruin the compost?
i read somewhere that urine was bad for human compost, because it can seep through, and infiltrate into water pockets.
if you were carrying a virus, that water pocket would be contaminated for all the people who would drink it.. So i'm not sure what you must do with urine...
+Gabby Pomales Yes you can pee in a compost toilet no problem. Some people do and some people don't depending on how you want to manage the system.
Oh alright, thanks! I was having a hard time figuring it out
Yes! I want to do this, and now every time I go in the "normal" toilet I ponder how most animals poop AWAY from the water source, but we humans poop in water.
this is so awesome but do you like pooping while it is like -5?😂 with snow
You can have a composting toilet inside your house
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How long will it take to cure to used on plants as manure
super well explained. Do you divert urine?
When you say you use hot composting in this process Rob, how long do you continue that process for? I know that with the Berkeley method, very good compost can be produced in as little as 18 days. Would this be acceptable with humanure or is it too short? Finally, is it simply the temperature that is the critical factor, if the pile reaches a sufficiently high temperature (say around 60C) would you then consider it safe enough?
I have read that humanure needs to compost for two years before it's safe to use on food products, like vegetable gardens and fruit trees.
1 year for general landscapes.
@@mycabinlife1291 Yep, I have read similar ideas myself, hence looking for clarification. It does seem odd though that everyone is utterly unconcerned about pig, horse, cow, chicken and basically any other manure than human yet are very, very cautious about the latter. Is the stuff we produce really that different or is it just the normal reaction when we think in terms of human produced manure?
@@georgemcnally4473 well if you think of what your basic farm animal eats it is much cleaner eating.
We eat so much processed foods preservatives chemicals then you have medications on top of that for some people.
I'm sure it's more than just the ick Factor because when you look at places that have had catastrophes I don't remember which country it was right now I'm drawing a blank that had major earthquakes and they had no sewer systems and people were dying from a think it was called cholera. I think it affected like 25% of the population if I'm remembering correctly. Thankfully today we have the internet and we can look some of the stuff up ahead of time.
And it still needs to be in all of our emergency prep plans if it's not implemented now.
@@mycabinlife1291 I think untreated excrement from many animals is indeed dangerous. Not sure why though, that after going through the composting process, humanure should be any more dangerous than other forms of manure, though I will concede the points you make about poor diets and phramaceuticals. Beyond that though, is it not just another form of manure, much like any other?
@@georgemcnally4473 lol I have no idea. Im trying to learn for when I can be on my property full time.
Thanks
Very nice..!
For those without access to land for growing food, can one *ship & sell* their humanure to consumers?
Also, what are store-bought alternatives for the humanure *topping* you demonstrated for those without access to public soil & dry leaves?
sawdust, wheat bran, straw... best thing is to build relationships with ppl and get in touch with those who have something to get rid of. chances are there's someone who's looking to get rid of the thing that you seek.
but yes any dry carbon-rich material will do.
as for disposal, it would be much easier to give it away to a willing gardener
Poop is good. Lol. 😂
Do you have to worry about it leaching into the ground if it rains ?
Loved this video - thanks
Do you use worms to help break everything down?
The great thing about a compost pile is that the bugs get in there anyway and they go yum, yum, yum. Eat it all up and poo themselves, giving you even more growing power! It's nature's way.
It doesn't smell bad. It has a distinct smell but it's more pleasant than it is yucky.
Live green brotha
How would you do this is a winter climate?
You'd have to do things differently, as I am set up for a warmer climate. There are plenty of examples out there of people living very simply and largely off the land.
Look up Mark Boyle who did this in the UK. I'd recommend his book "The Moneyless Man" and "The Moneyless Manifesto" if you are looking for tips.
robgreenfield.tv/markboyle/
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Wood is a poreous substance isn’t that a bad idea 4 a building material cuz it would trap all the germz???
Is it possible to do this indoors? I'd love to learn more about this!
The Unicorn, have you learned how to not pay any taxes? I've learned how, and I can teach you if you're interested.
I do my own taxes, but thank you anyway, turdy troll.
Firstly, what do you mean by "do your own taxes"? In my view any kind of "tax" should not exist. Seconly, why are you calling me a "turdy troll"? Do you think there's something trollish about informing anyone of a way to stop letting the government commit the robbery they're always committing?
I wonder how you can pitch such an idea to your wife? Do you go like "Hey babe you know what? Let's shit in the garden"? XD
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i compost my own poop! lol hell ya
Good
And what do you do with the urine, does it goes to the same bucket too or it can't be used for anything?
Most people I know put the pee a foot or so diameter directly away from a plant. I've done the experiment, plants with pee are greener!
Does the TP break down fast?
Yes as fast as anything else in the compost pile.
i use a spatula. pacific islanders used clam shells. u don't need tp.
Many yrs ago we had a latrine an that smells so stick because I know why no things were added to kill the snell
Please, please, please DO NOT COMPARE a "latrine" to this. Although the function is the same (receive Human poo). That mistake as probably been the worst misconception that still to this day makes people, just like you. Erroneously evaluate the system! ;-)
Cheers
I live in Colorado, where it snows sometimes, so would the composting I'd be doing passive?
Very good idea, but we need something simpler for the idea to spread.
$10 and a tiny bit of work isn't simple enough? Or do you mean that we need something more user/yuppie friendly - because we've been indoctrinated to believe that dealing with our own turds in any way shape or form is uncivilised?
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Bravo! 👏
Hi there, I live in a place that unfortunately is forbidden because the neighbors made and gave a lot of flys. Whether it's on the covered part of my backyard or inside the house, is there any way to compose my poop in a closed/sealed box? What would you have to do? Put extra bacterias? Put a humidifier in it? - A oxygenator? Helppp
God bless u guys ❤️🙏🏼
Your pile could get hotter if you'd add a bit of moisture, it's too dry.
What do you do when you got diarrhea???
Compost it! The same process applies.
What am I doing with my life
doner ae86, what are you doing, you ask yourself? I'm guessing you haven't learned how to stop paying taxes. I learned how to stop paying, and I can teach you if you'd like.