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Old 03-05-2012, 09:14 PM   #21
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This is a very interesting thread. When we travel we keep our recyclables and compost seperate from the unavoidable throw-away garbage. There are public campgrounds that have recycle bins for cans, glass & plastic (though I wish there were more), though we have gone home with a bag full of such, and the compost we keep in a plastic bag in a bucket with lid, it is all vegtable compost because we don't eat meat and avoid cooking fish when camping. We have been gone as long as 10 - 14 days and brought it all home. I like some of the suggestions, but bringing it home has not been a problem, though for longer trips I can see finding places to dump compost would be useful.

We have a Sun-mar compost toilet for home use (yup, rural living). It is the kind with the composter under the house and it does not smell in the bathroom, but it definitely smells outside if there are problems, i.e the vent doesn't work properly or it's turning or emptying day. The ordor dissipates, but I would not want to live with it in a trailer. Even if you can provide adequate venting, other campers might notice an odor! The regular old style porta-potty that can be dumped every day seems a better solution. And a composting toilet is not a solution for composting, for reasons already mentioned, unless you add extra heat to increase break down time.

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