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Date:         Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:09:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: poo powder and related
Comments: To: mcneely4@COX.NET
In-Reply-To:  <20110816141528.OJY9T.1030927.imail@eastrmwml39>
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Just FYI, I've stopped using the bucket with liner and absorbent materials (kitty litter, etc.) for a couple reasons.

1. I change out the bags every couple days because they just get nasty. So thar I am, a few bags of doo-doo in a second 5-gal bucket at the end of the trip. And no matter how well sealed, it's kinda stinky, and the aroma permeates the plastic of the bucket, creating a lingering memory of dumps of days past. ("Hmmm . . . that was good chili!")

2. Once home, I am not in the least comfortable tossing the bags into the trash. It ain't right. Although I'm certain that folk toss their disposable baby diapers there all day long.

So I switched over to a Dometic commode. It's heavier than a bucket, but pretty darn stink-leak-proof and the contents, being septic system grade toilet paper, dumpage, and black water tank deodorant, are easier to dispose of down the toilet. A bit at a time so as not to choke the system, and care must be taken to avoid splashage.

It's a bit clumsy, and the commode, having an upper tank with "flush" water in it and a lower tank filling up with waste products, is a bit heavy and sloshy, but in terms of disposal and stinkage, it's a solution I'm happier with.

-- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

Sent from my kitchen.

On 08/16/2011 11:15 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > left off the link. Here it is: > > http://www.cleanwaste.com/ > > ---- Dave Mcneely<mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: >> Some time back Rocket J. Squirrel asked about toilet related matters. He and >> others among us have used a bucket with liner and various absorbent materials. >> Disposal is a problem, as such materials are not supposed to go into land fills >> (just as soiled diapers are not). >> >> Has anyone used any of the products listed on this web site, and if so, how >> satisfied have you been? What was good or bad about them? I have tried to find >> out more about the absorbent material (poo powder), which is sold separately so >> that one could not buy the company's bags, just use it with cheaper bags from >> another source. The MSDS is very vague about what the stuff is, other than a >> "polymer." Guess I'll see if I can learn more about diapers -- same stuff I >> think. >> >> The company claims the products and the waste they contain can be safely >> disposed in the "normal trash," stating that they are "approved" for such >> disposal. Hmmmm........... . anyone know any more about that? >> >> mcneely >> >> David McNeely > > -- > David McNeely


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