<div dir="ltr">Composting:<div>What's catching me up is that that system is just _one_ type of composting toilet. There are many types; dry (w/o urine), simple (w/ urine), vermicompost(worms), electric(vent fan and stirrer), and blackwater for example. And they can be presented in different ways, to operate like modern toilets or not. Many compost-privies on hiking trails can run the spectrum on type of composting being used. And many methods are used in other low-resource environments. This is why I think it would be better to tag composting separately and leave it available for further definition. Maybe this is a proposal I should begin to work on.</div>
<div><a href="http://www.oursoil.org/what-we-do/toilets/models/">http://www.oursoil.org/what-we-do/toilets/models/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div style>Also, the stink-factor I think mainly relies on maintenance and up-keep. A pit toilet does not have to any more stinky than a composter as long as proper cover material is still used, and I've seem some composters that are not properly kept and would rank up with the worst toilets to visit.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Haha, toilet:output=humanure.</div><div style><br></div><div style>For what seem to be clear categories:</div><div style>flush, sealed pit, unsealed pit, removable/"batch" container</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>And then we also seem to need to clarify the port-a-potty.</div><div style><br></div><div style>And we also need to tag for two different reasons, 1) the user experience and 2) analysis by sanitation experts.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bryce2@obviously.com" target="_blank">bryce2@obviously.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Brian Wolford <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:worldwidewolford@gmail.com" target="_blank">worldwidewolford@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I don't see the relevant difference, then, between an onsite compost toilet and a pit, to the toilet experience.They are both an open drop where you can see the waste.</div></blockquote><div><br></div>
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Perhaps the user experience difference is better captured in a out-of-osm voting system about how "stinky" a toilet is.</div><div><br></div><div><div>We seem to agree that "water flush toilet" is a clear category. But "pits" get murkier: chemical vs. no, vault vs. unlined pit,</div>
<div>composting vs. pile of waste, portable bucket vs. permanent.</div></div><div><br></div><div>A pit has a pile of human waste at the bottom.</div><div>A chemical toilet drops the same waste into a liquid chemical.</div>
<div>A composting toilet the majority of the waste is undergoing composition. These all smell <i>completely</i> different.</div><div><a href="http://www.energyvanguard.com/blog-building-science-HERS-BPI/bid/47951/Won-t-That-Stink-Living-in-a-Green-Home-with-a-Composting-Toilet" target="_blank">http://www.energyvanguard.com/blog-building-science-HERS-BPI/bid/47951/Won-t-That-Stink-Living-in-a-Green-Home-with-a-Composting-Toilet</a></div>
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