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Hardcore Waste Recycling

erf writes "Ok, recently we've had a story posted on composting, followed by one on recycling wastewater into snow. Enough with the amateur hour stuff, how about the real thing? Joseph Jenkins has been thermophilically composting all of his family's food waste and sewage into compost for his garden for 24 years. Yes, he eats the food out of that garden too. All you need is a bucket, some sawdust, and a compost bin. You can read all about it in the Humanure Handbook. The squeamish might want to begin with the section on fecophobia."

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  1. "Mmmmm Sewage" - H. Simpson by Dolemite_the_Wiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    It smells like sewage, it feels like sewage, and it tastes like sewage.

    Too bad we didn't step in it.

    Dolemite

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  2. and... by 888+Geek+Help · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shit -I've been doing that for years

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    1. Re:and... by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 2, Funny

      Jeez, you'd think his family would get sick and tired of all this shit.

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  3. fecophobia by amigaluvr · · Score: 2, Funny

    fecophobia sounds like a 'safe' description of an album i once heard.

    it was called "shitscared"

  4. Hmmm by Kurt+Russell · · Score: 2, Funny
    If one is composting the humanure from orphanages in Haiti

    I smell Profit!

  5. I do something like this by jstroebele · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only my way involes throwing my dogs poop in the neghibors garden vs. my poop in my garden

  6. Organic by Madcapjack · · Score: 2, Funny

    But its organic!
    so it must be good!

    But its natural!
    So it must be good!

    lol

  7. It's already been done... by trmj · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now what I would like to see is a way to compost or recycle all those computer monitors we've been forced to post about 3 times.

    Yeah. That was bad. I think timothy posted it, then Taco posted it, then forgot he postged it and posted it again.

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  8. why stop at human waste? by urbazewski · · Score: 5, Funny
    a little ditty that pete seeger (I think) used to sing:

    if I should die before I wake
    all my bones and sinew take
    put them in the compost pile
    to decompose there for a while
    when corn or radishes you munch
    you may be having me for lunch
    then excrete me with a grin
    chortling 'there goes pete again!'

    blog-O-rama

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  9. So many Slashdotters are hitting this site... by Tsar · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I hope the server doesn't start dropping logs.

    Sorry, I had to say it...
    [curls into a fecal position]

  10. who does number 2 work for? by outsider007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    that's it buddy, you show that turd who's boss.

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  11. Maybe it's just me, but... by FunWithHeadlines · · Score: 5, Funny
    "If one is composting the humanure from orphanages in Haiti where intestinal parasites are endemic, then extra precautions must be taken to ensure maximum pathogen death."

    If you're grabbing human manure from Haitian orphans, you've got bigger issues than some possible pathogens...

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  12. Fear?!? by j3110 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then it probably wouldn't be a good idea to tell everyone how their waste is usually dropped into a local stream/river where you get your water supply. Honestly, it's going to get back to you one way or another :)

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  13. Catch Phrases to Make it Mainstream by felonious · · Score: 2, Funny

    Humanure...it's what's for dinner!

    Humanure...the other brown meat!

    Humanure...bet you can't have just one

    Humanure....bet cha' bite a turd

    Where's the humanure?

    Throw another Humanure on the barbie

    Humanure...come on down!

    Heeeeereeee's...Humanure!

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  14. To revise an old saying... by Kipper+the+Llama · · Score: 2, Funny

    With this, you can take your shit and eat it too!

  15. Re:Some will dig this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, I have a whole new respect for the goatse fellow now. That guy could probably feed an army.

  16. level 5 vegan? obligatory Simpsons reference by Pyrosophy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lisa: You do Yoga?
    Jesse: Yeah, but I started *before* it was cool.
    Lisa: My name's Lisa Simpson. I think your protest was incredibly brave.
    Jesse: Thank you. This planet needs every friend it can get.
    Lisa: Oh, the earth is the best! That's why I'm a vegetarian.
    Jesse: Heh. Well, that's a start.
    Lisa: Uh, well, I was thinking of going vegan.
    Jesse: [chuckles] I'm a level 5 vegan -- I won't eat anything that casts a shadow.
    Lisa: Wow. Um ... I started an organic compost pile at home.
    Jesse: Only at home? You mean you don't pocket-mulch? [takes out pocket stuff for Lisa to feel]
    Lisa: Oh, it's so decomposed! Do you think I could join Dirt First?
    Jesse: Well ... we *might* have an opening at the poser level.
    Lisa: Oh, thank you, thank you!

  17. Gives new meaning to Happy Gilmore by BoomerSooner · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You eat pieces of poop for breakfast?"

    Blah.

  18. What!?!? by questforme · · Score: 2, Funny

    No Screenshots?!?!?!

  19. Re:still... by Dyolf+Knip · · Score: 4, Funny
    one person consumed the mushrooms, kept the urine (mushrooms make you urinate) and gave the cup for the next to drink

    So you could say they all get pissed? And these humanure guys get shit-faced every meal?

    Seriously, what is it about human waste that inspires all the wisecracks? We don't get this many even on "Big Dumb Corporation Shoots Itself in Foot Again" articles.

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  20. Re:or a C++ programmer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, if you're talking C++ then it would have to be...

    flush and flush++