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THE

HUMANURE

HANDBOOK

THIRD EDITION

A GUIDE TO COMPOSTING HUMAN MANUREby Joseph Jenkins

ISBN-13: 978-0-9644258-3-5

ISBN-10: 0-9644258-3-1

Library of Congress Control Number: 2005902104

Copyright 2005 by Joseph C. Jenkins

All Rights Reserved

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distribution is not for profit.

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This is the third edition of a self-published book. No respectable publish-

er would touch it with a ten foot shovel. Nevertheless, the book has now

been sold around the world, translated into over a dozen languages and

published in foreign editions on four continents. It has been talked about

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Magazine and many other national and international venues. For more

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Cover art and most of the cartoon artwork is by Tom Griffin.

Photos are by the author unless otherwise indicated.
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The Humanure Handbook - Third Edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 - CRAP HAPPENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 - WASTE NOT WANT NOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 - MICROHUSBANDRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4 - DEEP SHIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5 - A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TURD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

6 - COMPOSTING TOILETS AND SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . 103

7 - WORMS AND DISEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

8 - THE TAO OF COMPOST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

9 - GRAYWATER SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

10 - THE END IS NEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

TEMPERATURE CONVERSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
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