Joseph Jenkins

How can you make compost when there is a lot of snow and it's cold outside? This short video clip will give you an idea of how it's done. Filmed by Joseph Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook and The Compost Toilet Handbook.

2.3 billion people don't have toilets. Dongobesh provides a perfect example of a culture that lacks toilets other than open defecation or a hole in the ground. The elderly and the handicapped have difficulty squatting over a pit latrine, or open defecating. Compost toilets provide a solution.

This quick pallet bin process will work for any type of composting. Joseph Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook and The Compost Toilet Handbook, shows how to put up a bin in 10 minutes, empty compost toilet receptacles, and use cover material to create a safe, ecological sanitation system. Jenkins' system is a "never-turn" composting system. Simply pile your compost feedstock inside a bin lined with clean organic material and leave it alone - no digging or turning is required. The microorganisms will do all the work! Filmed by Joseph Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook and The Compost Toilet Handbook.

Backyard compost systems can be used for sanitation in combination with a compost toilet. They can also recycle dead animals as well as just about any other organic material commonly discarded when a compost system isn't available.

This 5-minute video provides a glimpse of a compost toilet project in India in March of 2018. Filmed by Joseph Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook and The Compost Toilet Handbook.

Ecological compost toilets based on the "hot compost" method were successfully introduced in post-earthquake Haiti at the Amurt School near Port au Prince. Filmed by Joseph Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook and The Compost Toilet handbook.

You can compost liquids in two ways: pour them into your compost pile, or collect them with cover material, then add that to your compost piles.

When you have a lot of toilet receptacles to clean at once, you can do so without water logging your compost bin with cleaning water. It's easier than you may think. Watch this instructional video to see how.

Compost toilet usage doesn't have to be an inconvenient burden or a laborious chore. Management techniques can make the process easy and convenient. The use of multiple toilet receptacles, especially during bad weather or cold winter months, is s technique that is described in this video.

Two concerns that compost toilet users may have regarding their cover material are what to do in freezing weather, and whether to use dry sawdust or not. Both of these issues are addressed in this video by Joe Jenkins.

Loveable Loo Overview by Joseph Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook.