can vegetarians put there own excrement onto there compost heap?

Question

horse, cow and chicken sh*t is good-- dog cat and human sh*t is bad.But if the human doesn't eat meat is it good???

maybe it was a biology question---- surely in certain circumstances,maybe not the glorious (which one?) country you live in, it could be a valuable rescource.-- i have heard somewhere (i think Africa) of human waste being mixed with ash to create a land mass/ growing medium.
so the vegy bit is a question about toxicity.

Answer 1

Manure from plant eaters process food in such a way that it is safe to use on our gardens. Poultry excrement is also safe.

Carnivores, even if they do not eat meat still process food in a way that when used in gardens for human consumption allows contagious bacteria to be transmitted to consumers.

Thus Human waste is most dangerous to use as fertilizer. Then all other carnivores waste is next dangerous. Including pigs.

The safest is from grazers that chew their cud. Cows, goats, sheep being the best because of their 4 stomachs.

Other grazers are OK but not as good. Horse waste is regularly used.

Answer 2

To put it bluntly, there is a massive amount of flat out ignorance regarding composting due to people spouting what they have read rather than what they have experienced. You CAN compost meat. (I have composted entire dead animals such as squirrels, raccoons, and chickens without any problem whatsoever.) Because of the high temperature at the center of the pile, the carcass does not putrefy. No animals disturb a hot compost pile. You CAN compost fat. You CAN compost bones, but yes, they will take longer to break down. For God's sake, yes, you CAN compost bread and banana and orange peels. Any organic matter can be composted. You can use straw and you can use hay. They both have weeds but straw is more likely to have weed seeds since is grown much longer than hay before being cut. The key to effective composting is to do it properly. That simply requires an effective balance between carbon and nitrogen, and maintaining proper levels of moisture. If the pile is done correctly, the pile will maintain a temperature of at least 120F. (Mine is usually 140F in the summer and still at least 90F in the coldest of winter with temps well below zero.) When exposed to this temperature, anything added to the pile is almost immediately rendered completely innocuous to pests. Whenever anything is to be added to the pile, a simple depression should be dug into the hot core of the pile and then the new additions are added to that hot center. Then the new contents are covered. Using this method, the new additions are quickly broken down and are completely unattractive to animals. If you want to learn how to compost effectively, please read the Humanure Handbook. Even if you don't want to compost your own poop, this book will teach you the real truth about how to compost without all the ridiculous myths pushed by people who have no practical composting experience.

Answer 3

You fcan if you have a way of performing the same three stages of bioscrubbing that any normal waste treatment plant does. Since that is unlikely you can do the next best thing.

Most waste plants actually bag and sell the sludge (thats what its called in the business.. the bags call it something else like BioGrowth or Recycled Earth.

The stuff is REALLY rich and potent. Around San Francisco you can buy a sack for about $2 to $3 and you mix it in with about 5 or six sacks of earth for a really good mulch, fertilizer.

But to use your own stuff .. that's just asking for a problem besides.. a lot more goes down those pipes then just effluent and someone is going to have to sort it allllllll out.

nuff said I think...

the answer is NO.

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Answer 4

I do compost. I only put in egg shells, coffee grinds, hairbrush hairs, vegatable peelings, dryer lint,. I do not put in any kind of ****. I only put in certain amounts of grass cuttings and leaves. I get a lot of soil every year out of my composter. Mine never smells. Be realistic about what you can and cannot compost. If you have too much of something than it will not work. It all has to balance. And no vegetarians cannot put their own excrement onto their compost pile. We are all trying to go back to nature, but maure and human waste should not be put into this. Eggshells, etc are great as a fertilizer.

Answer 5

Human crap is crap unless it is fermented at a high temperature, in other words ( alot of crap) like a city combined with sawdust, and kept on a heap for over a year. It is pretty technical stuff. Check out OGO-Grow

Answer 6

First of all it is illegal to dispose of human waste without a septic or city disposal system. All raw waste leaches a posioness bacteria that can be transmitted into your drinking water. Fertilizer you purchase has been treated.

Answer 7

In this day and age, there is never a good reason to use human manure as a fertilizer in this country.
That's the bottom line.
Dave

Answer 8

I have heard this to, but I thought it was in China. I'm not sure how great of a fertilizer human excriment would be. I wouldn't use it because it seems so icky.

Answer 9

No. Transmission of diseases is too likely. As in flies moving stuff.