humanure

Nevertheless, most health authorities forbid direct use of "humanure" for growing food.

The most notable is for composting through a process known as humanure; a combination of the words human and manure.

Biogas can be harvested from the human waste and the remainder still used as humanure.

The term humanure is used by compost enthusiasts in the US but not generally elsewhere.

The resulting compost product has been given various names, such as humanure and EcoHumus.

Some people refer to human excreta as human manure, and the word "humanure" has also been used.

One of his favorite books is "The Humanure Handbook."

Upon their return the students empty the "humanure" into a large composting bin, to which kitchen scraps and lawn clippings are added.

Compost toilet gallery Not everyone can use a hollow gum tree and let the creatures of the forest floor process their humanure down to humus.

The cover of the 2004 album Humanure, featuring a cow excreting human remains, was reportedly censored without permission from the label in some outlets.

I have just finished reading the brilliant Humanure Handbook and I have been radicalised.

Jenkins, author of The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure, calls it fecophobia.

Additionally, the methane in humanure can be collected and used similar to natural gas as a fuel, such as for heating or cooking, and is commonly referred to as biogas.

Some of the simplest forms of humanure use include a composting toilet or an outhouse or dry bog surrounded by trees that are heavy feeders which can be coppiced for wood fuel.

Because the term "humanure" has no authoritative definition it is subject to various uses; news reporters occasionally fail to correctly distinguish between humanure and sewage sludge or "biosolids".

One of the best sources in the world is the "HUMANURE HANDBOOK" written by Joe Jenkins in America.

If we were to compost our own poo (humanure) and return this to the land, along with farmyard manure and compost from food wastes and garden trimmings there would be far less need for the use of chemical fertilizers.

Following advice from the Separett manual and a book that is something of a composting toilet bible, "The Humanure Handbook," I affixed the Separett into the supporting sides of the bench, just beneath its hinged lid.