[USCC] human waste composting

[Allison L H Jack]

Hi,

I agree that Jenkin's humanure handbook has great ways to process human 
waste on a small scale.


Here are some other resources that might be helpful:

A Cornell graduate, and local Master Composter volunteer did her PhD work 
on composting toilets in Mexico. Here is one of her reports:

http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/hdru/PUBS/HDRUReport01-6.pdf


Also, near Cornell University is Skaneateles Lake, which has a very 
delicate ecological habitat. All homes there must have composting toilets. 
Here's an article about the project there.

http://www.sun-mar.com/PDF%20Files/SFQ_sp04_Juried.pdf


Some websites on sustainable sanitation/International development

http://www.tu-harburg.de/susan/downloads/index.html

http://www.ecosanres.org/pdf_files/closing-the-loop.pdf

Arumugam, G.K., G. S., R. Kandasamy, R. Balasubramani, and P.R. Burusa 
(2004) Municipal solid waste management through anaecic earthworm, Lampito 
mauritti and their role in microbial modification. Eco-web. available 
online: http://www.eco-web.com/editorial/040831.html


Here are some reports in the academic/trade journals on composting and 
vermicomposting of human waste. Let me know if any of these look useful and 
I can send you a pdf.

Rapaport, D. (1996) Aerobic composting toilets for tropical environments. 
Biocycle, 37(7): p. 77-&.

Ndegwa, P.M. and S.A. Thompson (2001) Integrating composting and 
vermicomposting in the treatment and bioconversion of biosolids. 
Bioresource Technology, 76: p. 107-112.

Eastman, B.R., P.N. Kane, C.A. Edwards, L. Trytek, B. Gunadi, A.L. Stermer, 
and J.R. Mobley (2001) The effectiveness of vermiculture in human pathogen 
reduction for USEPA biosolids stabilization. Compost Science & Utilization, 
9(1): p. 38-49.

Dominguez, J., C.A. Edwards, and M. Webster (2000) Vermicomposting of 
sewage sludge: Effect of bulking materials on the growth and reproduction 
of the earthworm Eisenia andrei. Pedobiologia, 44(1): p. 24-32.

Vigueros, L.C. and E.R. Camperos (2002) Vermicomposting of sewage sludge: a 
new technology for Mexico. Water Science and Technology, 46(10): p. 153-158.

Bajsa, O., J. Nair, K. Mathew, and G.E. Ho (2003) Vermiculture as a tool 
for domestic wastewater management. Water Science and Technology, 
48(11-12): p. 125-132.

Taylor, M., W.P. Clarke, and P.F. Greenfield (2003) The treatment of 
domestic wastewater using small-scale vermicompost filter beds. Ecological 
Engineering, 21(2-3): p. 197-203.


Take care,
Allison

At 01:00 PM 3/8/2007, you wrote:
>Alex,
>
>This is the way we all need to go.
>I'm very interested to hear what the compost experts have to say in response.
>
>You will find a lot of useful information and contacts at the following 
>newsgroups:
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ecosanres/
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/
>
>Further useful information can be found at:
>
>http://jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html
>
>regards,
>Agas

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