[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Composting toilets URINE SEPARATION

[Norbert Senf]

At 10:21 AM 12/23/2006 -0500, YankeePerm at aol.com wrote:

>OK, the third reason to separate urine from the solids (snip)

New Scientist is running an interesting current article on this:
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19225831.600-peecycling.html

 From the intro:

"You recycle your household waste. You buy 
locally grown food, fit low-energy light bulbs 
and try not to use the car unnecessarily. Maybe 
you even irrigate the garden with your bath 
water. But you've still got an environmental 
monster in your house. Your toilet is wrecking the planet.

Before you point to the brick you've put in the 
cistern, it's not about the water - well, not 
entirely. The big problem is pee. Your pee. Do 
you flush it away without a second thought? Tsk, tsk. Lose the green halo.

At first sight urine looks like an unlikely 
environmental menace. What harm could come from 
flushing away a fluid that is mostly water, plus 
a smidge of proteins and salts? Surprisingly, the answer is "a lot"."


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