HUMANURE HANDBOOK

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Compost toilets can provide a sanitation solution when water or electricity are not available, or when you simply want to make more compost or less environmental pollution.

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The Compost Toilet Handbook

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Compost Toilet Overview

Loveable Loo Overview
The Loveable Loo

A compost toilet requires no water, plumbing, pipes, vents, drains, electricity, or urine separation. It's a toilet that makes gardens. It's designed to collect toilet material for composting in a separate location. This 11 minute video provides a brief overview on the toilet and the processes.

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How to build a compost bin in 10 minutes.
How to Build a Compost Bin in 10 MInutes

This is a video specifically for humanure composters, but this quick pallet bin process will work for any type of composting. Joe Jenkins, author of the Humanure Handbook, shows how to put up a bin in 10 minutes, empty humanure receptacles, and use cover material to create a safe, ecological sanitation system.

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Contact Us

Joseph Jenkins, Inc.
143 Forest Ln, Grove City, PA 16127 US
Fax: 814-786-8209
Email: mail@josephjenkins.com
Ph: 1-814-786-9085
We are in northwestern Pennsylvania, not far from the Ohio border, just off Interstate 80 near Barkeyville, PA.

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    "Thank you so much for your efforts, I have been confounded by the off grid human waste dilemma and YOU have the solution THANK YOU!!! My son and I will be off grid for 6 months at a time and man am I glad to have found you. After a lot of research yours makes so much sense and your long time experience sold me. I will be in touch, thanks again!"

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    "I bought one of your Lovable Loo packages 8 years ago and love, love, love having this kind of toilet. Thank you so much for all of the work you do on this subject."

About Us

The Humanure Handbook was an accidental literary phenomenon. Joe Jenkins began writing the book as a master's thesis while attending Slippery Rock University's Master of Science in Sustainable Systems program in Pennsylvania in the early 90s. Fascinated with the topic of humanure composting, Jenkins decided to convert the book's language into a popular format and self-publish the thesis as a book.

Jenkins maintains a business in north western Pennsylvania (Joseph Jenkins, Inc.), where he resides with a large garden, an orchard, several 4-legged and 2-legged critters, and a compost pile or two. Jenkins speaks at various venues when time allows, provides consulting services, maintains a publishing business, and an online store.