![]() ![]() Emergency toilet = trash bag taped inside home bowl. Now such simple convenience was open to the elements but surrounded with sugar cane privacy & dug in a few minutes, could last a couple for about 2 to 4 years, didn’t smell, no bugs or snakes normally found in sheds, sterilised by sun & rain, safe & hygienic with the best view in the house. Or use a commercial folding toilet from Camping stores safely over the hole. This acted as a comfortable toilet seat, the cover of which was a bit of fibreboard. ![]() The 1 to 2 meter-deep hole dug manually or by a powered borer – was topped by a cylinder upon which was mounted half of a tyre that had been cut in two around its tread circumference. We had a veranda emergency bucket rather than go out at night. Likewise our simple hole or trench in the ground never failed us for 33 years plant a food tree when full, & dig another hole, like Aztecs, Mayans & Incas who often used old remains as crops fertilizer. Chemical toilet using Elsen – as I recall – was very effective, though urinating around our fruit tree drip-lines was very beneficial. ![]() SHTF Toilets: waterless composting units of cheap recycled plastic save about 1/3rd household water use.
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