Date:         Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:43:09 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Portable Toilets - Which chemicals do you use?
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You have to be careful where the moss comes from, you wouldn't want to
be party to the destruction of sphagnum moss bogs. Its not a joke even
if it sounds like one.

:)

alistair


On 28-Jan-11, at 5:07 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:

> Like I said earlier, I use sphagnum moss.  It doesn't interfere with
> the later proper composting of the wastes, and it imparts no odor of
> its own.  But it will prevent odors from escaping from the waste.
> For me and those who accompany me in my travels, we just dump in a
> two yogurt cups of moss before, and a cup or two on top as needed
> after.  No mess (well, no mess that won't fall cleanly out of the
> bag at disposal, if disposal is done in a timely fashion -- but I do
> dispose of the bag each time I empty the waste).  Your mileage may
> vary, since people are different sizes and have different
> physiologies.  No water is better, too.  I find the bucket and bag
> far superior to any of the portable flush toilets available.  Less
> troublesome to clean up, no nasty water, and no chemicals to fool
> with. If I did switch from the moss, it would be to the Wag Bag
> system.  mcneely