Loveable Loo Compost Toilet Overview
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The Loveable Loo is a compost toilet that requires no water, plumbing, pipes, vents, drains, electricity, or urine separation. It's a toilet that makes gardens rather than sewage. It's designed to collect toilet material so that it can be composted in a compost bin. This 11-minute video provides a brief overview on the toilet and the processes. Filmed by Joseph Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook (www.amazon.com...) and The Compost Toilet Handbook (www.amazon.com....
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I just got my copy of ”The compost toilet handbook”! Can’t wait to put a lovable loo in every room ❤️
We've used one of these for 10+ years. Tip: line your toilet bucket with paper for easy cleaning. We did this and found that junk mail and waste paper works fantastically. Cleanup is a snap, as most of the paper slides out when emptying into the compost pile. A simple rinse and scrub, and turn the bucket over to dry.
Tip 2: Use sawdust from hardwood heating pellets. We add a bit of water to the pellet bucket, to turn them back into sawdust. Stir, and then use the moistened sawdust for cover. Works like a charm.
Finally a useful way to get rid of all that junk mail. Thank you for sharing.
Does putting papers/junk mail etc effect the quality of compost because of the inks etc?
@@edykachilome9093 never noticed a problem. No shiny paper or plastic from envelopes. 😊
@@edykachilome9093 Works if your short on toilet paper. Don't wipe with magazines but junk mail newspaper phone book paper all works as toilet paper. You also could use rags they are washable and reuseable.
@@Maranatha888 Thanks for the laugh! Keep the mail handy in case you run out of toilet paper! (tip: just wrinkle it between your hands as if you wash clothes).
Joe we love you so much!!! you are our hero!!! Long live dry toilets, composts, and gardens. Greetings from Mexico!
What I was looking for was what to do with it all. You're right, they are NOT composting toilets. After emptying is when the work starts. I don't have any pallets, but I'll find something!
Thanks 👍
The smell that comes from the septic tank at my house...I'd exchange it with a compost toilet in a NY second. A loo with a view and a good book, perfect spot for reflection LOL Great tutorial!
I've been using the techniques explained in your Humanure Handbook for two years now. Just thought you'd like to know that I refer to my collection buckets as my Jenkins Buckets. (Aren't you honored?)
How did he call the metal containers for food scraps?
@@isabelamacavei1333 chamber pots
Fab! I use a similar system here at Bealtaine Cottage and it works just great. I Had the flush toilet removed from my cottage!
Fellow Pennsylvanian here! Starting my own soon.. Thank Mr. Jenkins for being you!
Joe compost human manure is great idea. Thank you so much encouraging the world to deal ecologically with our waste. Please tell me what can substitute sawdust cover material with? This cover material is not readily available in our part of the world.
Have you read The Compost Toilet Handbook? There is an entire chapter about c over material. Also, the Humanure Handbook 4th edition can be read free online (in English): humanurehandbook.com/contents.html
Try this chapter: humanurehandbook.com/downloads/H4/Ch_14_Tao_Compost.pdf
Joe, we've been using your system now for 5 years at our vacation home in West Virginia. We didn't have a septic system and needed a solution fast. So grateful that we found you. When I get 10 buckets full, I empty them. Works fantastic AND we make compost 😃. Thanks for writing the book. God Bless 🙏
You probably know this, but just in case… it takes 6 months of active composting before it’s safe to use on vegetable plants.
@@fairlind Incorrect, it takes one year to use on non edible plants and 2 full years to use on edible plants. Time starts when you stop adding material.
@@timgiles9413 Yeah, I just got my info from the internet. Glad you know your stuff.
Just bought the book and subscribed. Nice one.
Thank you for all your work....I think you've changed the world for the better, Mr. Jenkins. Hopefully more folks will get over their fecophobia and start making good use of this valuable resource!
I downloaded the humanure handbook after reading it and look forward to "attempting" to get this all set up i wish I'd seen this 50 years ago! Thank you for sharing this ecological goldmine,
Great video and great books!
Did you know the Australian Brush turkey builds a composting mound with manure and dried leaves. The compost pile keeps the eggs warm enough to hatch
The Australian Brush Turkey was mentioned in the Compost Toilet Handbook, page 7 (incorrectly indexed as page 23).
Just read your book and loved it...starting on converting to humanure system asap
The best explanation of composting I've seen. Thanks so much for taking the time to explain it so anyone can understand it. I've been looking for an eco-toilet that is affordable and one that I don't have to use power tools to assemble. TFS!
Thank you
Thank you for sharing on how to make this possible. Wife and I bought an acre in Puna Hawaii. We are seriously considering of dropping off grid completely...We are still in PA...but....plan to go at some point...Her issue is separate urine and fecal matter..you keep it simple...we will actually have a free supply of wood chips thru a local transfer station...and space in the jungle to compost...David the Good brought you to my attention...
You'll have fun, and keep costs down. Enjoy HI!
How did it go? The market here got crazy for a bit, and Puna is not the easiest place to live. Did you end up going off grid?
@@paulg6142 we are still in Pennsyvania. We sold the acre by the shore and bought a triplex situated on 4 agricultural zoned acres at about 1500’ elevation …hooked up on HELCO. We have set a date to move in 15 months now that our 2 children….(young men) are close to finishing up college….also our tenants should have their house built up the road a little from us…..
Composting does happen in nature. Many animals form dung middens, inc horses and rabbits, not as a deliberate act of composting but for other reasons:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_midden
There are also some that are deliberate composers but they don’t necessarily use dung:
Australian brush turkey nests
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_brushturkey
Australian Malleefowl nests
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleefowl
Do keep in mind that what you uptake in your diet will impact what will end up in your compost - so if/while you are taking medications, you want to avoid adding that waste to the composting matter going into the garden until a few days (at least) to allow the medications to leave your system before resuming the process.
Page 114, Humanure Handbook 4th edition: humanurehandbook.com/downloads/H4/Ch_10_Compost_Miracles.pdf
thanks, Joe! can't wait to get started :-)
I had two buckets and lined the one in use with newspaper. Newspaper is supposed to be 100% biodegradable, ink and all. I'd dump the in-use bucket and rinse, then leave it in fresh air while the other bucket was in use. Swapping them out gave each bucket time to air.
Probably about to go aback to this method in a rural location. Beats all hell out of having to run plumbing and wasting precious water down a nasty septic tank.
My septic system just failed, $25,000 to install new system with sand mound etc....
I like that you add new videos, thank you.
I have been practicing your Humanure routine for 6 years.
I wonder if I use enough cover material in my bin? and if my biological sponge is deep enough based on looking at your compost bin. You said it is new and its already up to your waist.
I use about 12" of used coffee filters and straw for my biological "sponge" and i use lots of used coffee grounds from a local coffee shop mixed with wood shavings for a heavy toilet cover, so perhaps mine is not that stinky to start with.. Our bin does not stink but sometimes it smells like its "working' and the bin temps are 140-160 degrees all year round in southern California. I just started a new bin this month and the temp is already up to 130 degrees F. I know this is not an exact science, but its interesting to revisit what you do after some experience myself. I too have added small dead animals, but nothing the size of that raccoon.
I don't use as much straw as you use but I end up with lots of straw in the end.
Do you mix the straw into your garden? Or use it to start your next bin?
Your finished compost looks wonderful, fine & clean of straw. My finished compost is chunky from the wood shavings and has lots of straw in it. I made a sifter for the compost, but never end up using it.
Also do you run into the decaying raccoon each time you dig in & add to your compost bin?
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I avoid anything that's wood and chunky. And yes, the straw goes into the next bin as biological sponge. I don't use straw in my garden very often because it will sprout grass. Sometimes I need it to cover small plants in the spring to protect from frost damage. I don't have much of a problem running into the carcasses when adding new material to the piles. Sometimes you can feel them when you shove the 20" thermometer in, but they dissolve pretty quickly in that hot pile.
Thanks for the reply. Also I wanted to ask if you ever see these creatures that look like grubs in the compost when it is hot? I just created a new bin in a new location and it is crawling with big grub-type creatures and it is 130 degrees when I open up the pile, I thought it would be too hot.
Big grubs are possibly Japanese beetle larvae.
Thank you. Very helpful
this is really comprehensive thankyou ^_^
Thank you for all you are doing for mankind. Since our government won't warn people of the Super Grand Solar minimum we have entered. Nor do they acknowledge the infrastructure we have can't handle this Sun cycle. I find your knowledge extremely valuable as we are going forward into this event. Love your videos and am promoting you to friends around the world. This event we have entered is a global event and being resourceful will make a huge difference. We will not be able to count on public utilities holding up or working regularly.
Hi Joe !
Another great video, really like this channel.
My opinion: the background music is start to get anonying.
Thank you! Getting your book ASAP. Question: why is your sawdust black?
Because it's been sitting in a pile outside for years.
I don't have much room for a compost pile like yours. I have instead been using a Gedye bin. Seems to work. Hopefully tis OK.
It works for collection purposes. The contents should ideally be taken to a compost bin somewhere eventually.
Can I use sugar cane mulch as cover material so long as I keep it moist also?
Yes, it works great.
@@jcjenkins01 thanks for your reply 😊
I love how you've taught so many about this extremely effective way of recycling human waste...your work is much appreciated 🙏
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Fantastic! Can't wait to get one and follow all your directions. If you still read comments - what do you recommend we do with the toilet paper? Partly because of quarantine times (but also just because it's kind to the earth and our limited water on the front range) I am putting one in the back yard in a discrete place.
Compost the toilet paper.
The toilet paper is biodegradable decomposes with the Poop. The ladies can throw in their menstrual pads most of them will decompose but you will have to pick out the plastic out of your compost pile they have biodegradable ones. Also they make biodegradable diapers too.
Poooopppp in a bucket!!! Save the world.
How do you keep the cover material from getting moldy or rotting if you have to keep it wet/moist? And what about using something easier to acquire than sawdust, like lawn mower discharge, or mulched leaves or pine needles? Corn cob litter is not cheap, but you can buy big bags of it and it's certainly fully biodegradable. But at least you don't need a sawmill nearby.
No problem with mold. Lots of other materials will work as cover.
We have a fairly new camp and decided to try your method. Since we are only there weekends, we ran into a small issue. We had maggots on our toilet seat. (Gag) After washing everything, we decided to snap on a secure lid while not there. Is this caused by something we are doing wrong, and if so, how can we prevent this? Obviously, we had a fly in the building, and we are unable to eliminate them completely. We also find that the toilet seat is usually damp to even wet from condensation. (It has been very hot here) Any tips for these issues would be greatly appreciated!
Sounds like you're not using enough cover material, and/or you are using an inappropriate cover material.
Thanks for the reply.@@jcjenkins01
1:46 ?? "MOST PEOPLE THINK"? NO, It's called Sewage and we put it in an RV Dump tank and pay @$10-$15 to dump it.
The BLM will NOT just let us Dig a hole and put in back into the ground... SAD
>> I THANK YOU for this video and hope more people can make these and do Backyard COMPOSTING! :)
Claim that you were only composting on the real estate, and not the actual land. This is a smartass way of making fun of BLM's purpose vs. the real estate system, and may get you into trouble.
So, I'm about to try this out, but I've still got two questions. Actually they've both been asked here already and answered by Mr. Jenkins via two different links. The problem, however, is that neither of those links work any more.
My first question is about people taking medications and that possibly having a negative effect on the future compost.
And my second question is about what kind of saw dust to use. Will shavings do or does it have to be actual dust? Also, would peat moss do the trick?
I managed to find some information to answer my second question, although it raised a new one. What exactly is rotted sawdust?? And still not quite in the know about peat moss either...
!!you rock!!
what kind of saw dust is best, a hard wood or soft? any suggestions on what I can get at tractor supply? I have no lumber mill close by
Equine stall pellets work great! dampen them just a bit and watch them swell up and turn to sawdust!
@@pjknust You could use wood shavings too available at Tractor Supply.
What about using compostable bags inside the bucket? This seems a good way to avoid washing it, especially in the winter, when you probably don't have water. Just throw the bag into the bin and punch it few times with the fork. And another questiond - doesn't it smell when there are splashes of pee and feces going to the walls of the bucket above the sawdust line?
Ivan Ilarionov
I am going the composting bag route.
Their are bags. Made especially for composting ( dehydrating) toilets but they are expensive.
I’m going to use Glad composting trash bags (13 gallon size) and. double bag it and still comes out cheaper.
Remember these bags are made to break down so leaving it in a working receptacle bucket for a week or more may be counter productive.
Mine is at a weekend cabin and will be emptied every 3 days
Price???
Is any toilet paper good to use? If not what are your advises for it?
Thank you very much
it should go right into the toilet as well.
@@pavolhomola77 scrap paper newspaper etc accept magazines.
Bought the book...great read...moving shortly off grid. Would Ideally love to use Loveable Loo but our state government in Australia dont recognise them and only recognizes the larger "composting" toilets (which you correctly indicate dont actually compost). To comply for a housing Development application I will probably have to purchase one of these. My question to you is ...once I empty the chamber of one of these onto a compost pile will it then perform the thermophyllic process necessary to break down pathogens (even if the contents have been sitting in the "composting" toilet for a month or so)?
beatlloydy
Yes
While storeing in collection buckets It will not compost, but may break down.
Also the longer stored the more it will stink once opened to dump
But the composting will start in earnest once dumped into the compost bin
What if one Burns the humanure then composts it? Will that work without polluting? Shalom
Joe, greetings from Russia. Tell me please how do you clean the "gray" water (washing machine, shower) at home?
Most folks think these are mainly for poo... if a family member gets sick and is throwing up, is this toilet acceptable for this? Also, if I only have to pee... can this be used a lot for that too?
Yes and yes.
You were talking about using a microbial starter for each bucket so it breaks down right.
What do we use and where do we get that?
No microbial starter is needed. Just put a few inches of sawdust, or whatever your cover material is, in the bottom of the toilet receptacle before using it.
What about all the urine? We do not use toilet paper, but wash after each visit - hence a large amount of liquid. My question is: how would the compost bin handle all the liquid....there would be runoff and accumulation of greater amounts of liquid than solids.
You would have to use more cover material in the toilet to absorb the added liquid. I compost pure urine and have done so for decades. The only problem with the wash water is that it's not high in nutrients. But that's no reason not to include it in the compost.
@@jcjenkins01 Thank you - very helpful.
can i use this in our lake cabin in the winter? our water and sewer pipes are frozen ugh
Of course. Follow the directions. Make sure you have sawdust or other appropriate cover material and have a compost bin for the organic material. Here are directions: humanurehandbook.com/store/downloads/Read_This_First.pdf
Hi Joe, wondering if you ever used composting worms in the bucket as your using it? When the buckets full wait a few months, or so to see if it all turns to worm castings?
Composter toilet as well as a way to breed, or grow your composting worms turning you outputs into garden gold! Would they multiply, or die?
It's too wet and the worms wouldn't survive. Plus the toilet receptacles are emptied before earthworms could generate castings. The worms populate the compost pile instead.
+Joe Jenkins I've been putting my "POO" (PERSONAL ORGANIC OUTPUT;) in a carbon then "Vernmenting" (new worm farm method) it for more than a year with great results. The worms have turned my POO into worm castings. Great for those urban dwellers who don't have room for hot composting. ua-cam.com/video/C-ylp1dcbQQ/v-deo.html
@@jcjenkins01 Would the worms burn up with the heat beings that the compost gets hot.
@Robertjustice101 Worms naturally migrate away from the hot centre toward the cooler edges of the pile.
I have two questions please, after watching all your videos on this subject: How much does a full bucket weigh? Can a variation of this work as a cat box, or will they avoid the sawdust?
The weight of the toilet receptacle depends on how full it is. Yes, cat boxes (litter boxes) are simple. Just use the same cover material you use in your toilet. Put it in a box and the cat will use it. Periodically, dump it into your compost bin.
@@jcjenkins01 TY for cat info! I hear what you're saying about the bucket. If I'm afraid I can't lift it when full, I should just change it when LESS than full. The bucket don't care.
I use a kitty litter called Smart Cat that is made of 100% grass and clumps terrifically. It would work perfectly for this system!
@@Marialla. did it work out?
2 questions for smart people. Does anyone know why Joe's sawdust is black/dark? The only think I find here is wood shavings for animal bedding(which he has said not to use), but they are not dark, or fine. Secondly, what does one do about the all the squirrels that come into a compost pile to feast (and maybe mice/voles/racoons/etc?). Thanks for any info/anecdotes!
The sawdust is dark when it sits outside for years and decomposes. Fresh sawdust is not dark. Nothing feasts on the compost.
@@jcjenkins01 thanks. Maybe that's also the trick to getting finer particles. Let it sit and decompose longer. My first bucket has been slightly smelly and I think I need finer wood particles (I know there's enough cover, perhaps just not fine-enough).
@@calebcarlos9044 Yes, finer and not too dry.
Chamber pots? They look more like sauerkraut pots to me.
Great video...One doubt ... Do you mix urine with feces?
Of course.
also, how about coffee grounds as cover material?
All our coffee grounds go into the compost. We don't use them for cover material because they're too wet.
What about humans eating medications? Do you suggest a separate toilet for that or does the composting process clean anything?
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The compost process will burn all that out.
question - does this separate in any way poo and pee ? or both go in the same container/bucket ?
This toilet collects organic material for composting. Urine separating toilets ("dry toilets," not "composting" toilets) are trying to dehydrate the toilet contents, which is opposite of composting. So no urine separation is required or desired when using a true composting toilet system such as the humanure system..
Hi I have some questions, I work in Bangladesh in the very poor area it has very nasty toilets, holes in the ground near the pond that they bath in and the water that they cook with. I have tried to get them to change to composting humanure but they see it a nasty. they wipe with the left hand and rinse in a bucket of community water....until they get to cleaner water to rinse with pound water. I am going their soon and how do I get them to see the pros of compost toilets.? would you be willing to donate to me a toilet or just to written instructions to build one when I get there. ? I know this will change their lives if I can get them to do so. please write back to me. Mama T
Have you seen this video: ua-cam.com/video/wo0dvavEXos/v-deo.html
Does the toilet paper go in there as well?
Yes
Can I use cocopeat? Since in my country cocopeat I can found anywhere for free
Yes
Can we use coconut coir instead of sawdust?
Yes
how hard is this to make and what the cost, I agree and have been using a bucket but its hard to get up once down
mark thompson they're inexpensive to make if you use recycled materials. Instructions are at humanurehandbook.com. check the drop down menu.
thank you
Make a frame you can use to grab on to to lift yourself up much like in disability toilets
I started composting humanure and food scraps about 4 years ago, but, had to stop because my property became overrun with mice, Any solutions to offer?
Mousetraps.
And then add the mice to the compost pile.
Exactly.
@@jcjenkins01 Cody Lundin on Dual Survival cooks and eats the mice.
Does anybody have any experience with kids using this type of toilet?
Kids anyone can use this toilet.
What I want to know is where do you get this cover material? Sawdust from trees isn't very common around here. Shavings or chips, yes. Dust, no. Can something else be used, such as peat moss or coco coir?
Here are the instructions: humanurehandbook.com/store/downloads/Read_This_First.pdf
Aelanna64 There was a point where I was using a version of this and used the shavings and just added coffee help with the limited odor.
Harwood heating pellets turn to sawdust when a bit of water is added. $5.49 a 40 pound bag at Tractor Supply.
James Kniskern how dob you get this to work, how much water do you add for this?
I put about 1/3 of a 5 gallon bucket of pellets. Then add some water. Stir.
Don't worry, you won't ruin the sawdust. If you don't have enough water to release all of the pellets you can add more, or just use it in your toilet bucket with the unreleased pellets. They will absorb liquid and expand.
If you add too much water, which is difficult to do, you can always add a few more pellets. You can do this.
You had me believing in it for a minute until the absolutely terrible song at the end.
Hope u had permission before walking in peoples home to check out their toilets 😂
The entire film was made on my own property.