Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:56:00 -0600
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: poo powder and related
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Once again, the topic has gone into the toilet. I bet this puppy goes for days, long enuf for many trips to the restroom?
YMMV,
Mr. BZ-a rare bird fowls its own nest?
On Aug 16, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> 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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