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Hardcore Waste Recycling

Posted by michael on from the yep-it's-friday dept.

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. 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

  2. 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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    foldplay your photos won't know what hit them.
  3. 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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  4. 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!