[Tagging] Reviving "pitlatrine" proposal from 2011

[Brian Wolford]

Composting:
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.
http://www.oursoil.org/what-we-do/toilets/models/

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.

Haha, toilet:output=humanure.

For what seem to be clear categories:
flush, sealed pit, unsealed pit, removable/"batch" container

And then we also seem to need to clarify the port-a-potty.

And we also need to tag for two different reasons, 1) the
user experience and 2) analysis by sanitation experts.


On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Brian Wolford <
> worldwidewolford at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>  Perhaps the user experience difference is better captured in a out-of-osm
> voting system about how "stinky" a toilet is.
>
> We seem to agree that "water flush toilet" is a clear category.  But
> "pits" get murkier: chemical vs. no, vault vs. unlined pit,
> composting vs. pile of waste, portable bucket vs. permanent.
>
> A pit has a pile of human waste at the bottom.
> A chemical toilet drops the same waste into a liquid chemical.
> A composting toilet the majority of the waste is undergoing composition.
>  These all smell *completely* different.
>
> http://www.energyvanguard.com/blog-building-science-HERS-BPI/bid/47951/Won-t-That-Stink-Living-in-a-Green-Home-with-a-Composting-Toilet
>
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