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"Despite all the books on manure and how to use it, human manure composting is not covered elsewhere, making THE HUMANURE HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO COMPOSTING HUMAN MANURE a fine reference for any who would learn these basics. Now in its 3rd edition, THE HUMANURE HANDBOOK covers all the basics of human waste management, from septic systems to commercial composting toilets, sewers, and more. A history of various composting methods, science, and problems is accompanied by a healthy dose of humor plus a solid foundation of science into pathogens, pros and cons of competing systems, and more. If you're an avid composter, there's nothing like this on the market." Midwest Book Review

HUMANURE COMPOST VIDEOS (WATCH ALL HERE)

Introduction to the Humanure Hacienda (1 minute, 36 seconds)

Starting a New Compost Pile (4 minutes, 30 seconds)

The Active Side of the Compost Bin (1 minute, 58 seconds)

Adding Toilet Material to the Compost Bin (4 minutes, 58 seconds)

Digging Finished Compost from a Bin (1 minute, 24 seconds)

Adding Compost to a Garden in the Spring (3 minute, 49 seconds)

Steaming Compost Pile (39 seconds)

How we Make the Loveable Loo Humanure Toilet (8 minutes, 15 seconds)

Humanure Compost Planting Trials (5 minutes, 40 seconds)

Bamboo Camp Toilet (2 minutes, 10 seconds)

Humanure Composting at a Music Festival Using 5-Gallon Receptacles (10 min., 38 MB)

Humanure Composting at a Music Festival Using Wheelie Bins (10 min., 38 MB)

Humanure Composting at Natural Building Conferences (10 minutes, 38 MB)

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Humanure Toilet - An Overview (pdf)

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The 3rd edition of the Humanure Handbook can be downloaded free.

The 2nd edition of the Humanure Handbook is available free online.

The 1st edition of the Humanure Handbook is free in pdf format.

Photo Gallery of Owner-Built Humanure Toilets

Photo Gallery of Humanure Compost Bins

Humanure Toilet System Instruction Manual

Humanure Toilet System Mongolian Instruction Manual

The Mongolia Project

Instructions for Building a $25 Humanure Toilet

The Humanure Recycling Process

Instructions on How to Use a Humanure Toilet (suitable for hanging on your wall)

Visit the Humanure Hacienda (Joe Jenkins compost bins)

What Readers are Saying About this Book

How Humanure Became a By-Product of the Vietnam War

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Decentralised Composting for Cities of Low- and Middle-Income Countries - A User's Manual - describes approaches and methods of composting on neighbourhood level in small-and middle-scale plants. It considers issues of organic material collection, composting technologies, management systems, occupational health concerns, product quality, marketing and end-user demands. The reader is led step by step through the planning, implementing and operational stages of a decentralised composting scheme. A joint publication by Waste Concern and Sandec. 110 pages - free 4.2 MB PDF download.

Sustainable Composting - 134 pages - free 4.11 MB PDF download or purchase a hard copy from the Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University, 2004. Prepared in collaboration with Sandec/Eawag, Switzerland. The book Sustainable Composting presents the findings from the DFID-funded research project "Promoting Compost as a Business for the Urban Poor" in the form of guidelines developed from case studies. The guidelines are helpful for planning and managing compost projects for creating sustainable employment for the urban poor.

Sanitation and Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment (52 page PDF published by the Hesperian Foundation) BUY IT

ESPANOL: Saneamiento y Limpieza para un Ambiente Sano

FRANCAIS: Assainissement et Proprete pour un Environnement Sain

Mongolian: Humanure Compost Toilet System Instruction Manual

World Health Organization 2006 Guidelines for Excreta Reuse in Agriculture (19 MB pdf download)

Yahoo Groups Compost Toilet Forum

Humanure on Mars

Read an SFGate.com Article on Humanure

Humanure: From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

KOREAN

The Humanure Handbook is available in Korean from Greenreview Publishing Co., 202-13 Bomodong, Daegu, South Korea. (053)742-0663, 0666;  fax (053)741-6168, editor

 

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HEBREW

The Humanure Handbook is available in Hebrew.

For More Information: contact Yaar Publications

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NORWEGIAN

Contact: sjolberg@online.no

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MONGOLIAN

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Mongolian: Humanure Compost Toilet System Instruction Manual (PDF download)

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SPANISH

Sistema de Saneamiento Seco por Compostaje de “Humanure”

Manual de Instrucciones
Qué hacer con el viejo retrete...(c)Joseph Jenkins.

He aquí el manual de instrucciones para la construcción y utilización de un sistema de saneamiento seco por compostaje. Sistema ideado y desarrollado por Joseph C. Jenkins el autor de "The Humanure Handbook".
Con este sistema, reciclamos toda la materia orgánica que generamos y la convertimos en valioso abono para enriquecer tierra de cultivo. Es seguro, eficaz y no usa prácticamente nada de agua.
Se trata del sistema de saneamiento seco más sencillo y barato, y es perfectamente aplicable en comunidades rurales, casas de campo e incluso apartamentos (siempre que exista un sistema de recogida comunitario).

Se puede descargar gratuitamente este mismo manual en versión PDF aquí.

(Para verlo es necesario tener instalado Acrobat Reader.) Mas...

Humanure Handbook
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