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mrsbrownWe could buy a commercial unit like this one - http://www.rotaloo.com/01loo.html
Here are guidelines for the installation - http://rotaloo.com.au/brochures/950installation%20notes.pdf
It would probably be worth designing the kitchen for this anyway so we can retrofit this IF one we make ourselves doesn't work, or we need to hand it all over to the care of other people.
This article has lots on the science behind composting "humanure" - http://rotaloo.com.au/brochures/RLrnd.pdf I'm going to use it to see if I can sort out the dog poo compost bin I failed at about 4 years ago - it needs more carbon. I don't know what impact dogs being meat eaters has on the nitrogen content of their poo, but I think it doesn't help.
I'm just fed up with dog poo being the major component of our weekly rubbish pickup. I've carefully reduced my un recyclable waste, but the poo still goes in the bin. btw, My dog is ENORMOUS, with poo to match. The waste can't go in my toilet, it blocks it.
Here are guidelines for the installation - http://rotaloo.com.au/brochures/950installation%20notes.pdf
It would probably be worth designing the kitchen for this anyway so we can retrofit this IF one we make ourselves doesn't work, or we need to hand it all over to the care of other people.
This article has lots on the science behind composting "humanure" - http://rotaloo.com.au/brochures/RLrnd.pdf I'm going to use it to see if I can sort out the dog poo compost bin I failed at about 4 years ago - it needs more carbon. I don't know what impact dogs being meat eaters has on the nitrogen content of their poo, but I think it doesn't help.
I'm just fed up with dog poo being the major component of our weekly rubbish pickup. I've carefully reduced my un recyclable waste, but the poo still goes in the bin. btw, My dog is ENORMOUS, with poo to match. The waste can't go in my toilet, it blocks it.
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Date: 2007-01-12 12:34 am (UTC)This is why if you're walking through an indigenous plant population with your dog you need to pick up any mess he makes, because the dog poos' higher nitrogen content encourages the growth of introduced (often grassy) weeds.
With the new growth of introduced weeds, which are often European and need the higher N to survive, they have been found to suppress any native plants in the area by raising the overall N content, thereby leading to the demise of the indigenous ecosystem. (Sorry, this last bit isn't me telling you to pick up after your dog -- you strike me as the sort of lady who would regardless -- but is background as to why I know dog poo is high in nitrogen.)
...and I thought I wouldn't learn anything useful in ecology class! =)