Took my son camping this week... (lemmy.world)

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For years I’ve been taking a pee jug along when I go camping. I buy a 2-gallon jug of kitty litter and keep the nice wide-mouth jug it comes in. They’re firm plastic and have a nice handle. I keep one right outside my tent for midnight pees. Way easier than hoofing all the way to the bathrooms or whatever.

This time we actually brought the pee back and added it to the compost pile! It’s like two of my hobbies finally came together after years. Huzzah!

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Interesting - I would not have guessed that would work. I don’t totally understand the chemistry of pee stink. But it seems to develop over time. It sounds like in your rig the pee only passed through the char right after urination. It didn’t smell a day after that?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

The top char would block the smell from coming out. Think "composting toilet" versus "carbon filter". Similar rules apply.

The addition of 5-10% char to my duck pond water will cut the smell to almost zero after 4 days and that usually smells bad with plain water.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Ah I see! Well you must have been the hero of the hour, giving the ladies a way to pee that wasn’t even gross!

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Ha, I dont know about that. Someone bought it, just a bucket and a toilet lid and since I was into biochar, I thought I could make this a little less disgusting.

I even trialled a bird cage with char as a substrate, worm farming, greywater reed bed, tank base, water treatment -drinking and dirty, potting medium, animal pen flooring, animal feed etc. I used to share all the experiments. Char is easy to make at home and it does have a 1001 uses while having the feel good of permanently locked carbon. One thing I haven't done as I dont have one is use it as the replacement for "carbon" in a proper composting toilet system, I think it would be much better than sawdust.

I probably wouldn't use it as a kitty litter tray as the dirty footprints after would be a bit disgusting but it would work.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

If it’s “permanently locked carbon” then that would imply it’s not available for chemical reactions. And so I don’t see how it can be the browns in your compost. Doesn’t it have to be bioavailable to be composted? If it’s available for reactions, it isn’t permanently sequestered, right?

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