Timeline for Is burying human waste always the lowest-impact solution?
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| Oct 16, 2015 at 14:51 | vote | accept | gerrit | ||
| Aug 11, 2014 at 17:41 | history | edited | requiem | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2014 at 6:02 | comment | added | requiem | Hi Ben, you're right, I didn't realize that copy was walled off! I will try adding some brief excerpts later. Some of the content is also posted in the thread here: backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/… | |
| Aug 9, 2014 at 5:36 | comment | added | user2169 | @requiem: The body of the paper is paywalled. Only the abstract is accessible. I don't see anything in the abstract that supports your assertion. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 4:01 | comment | added | Mark | You can also look for toilet paper rated as suitable for septic systems. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 2:07 | comment | added | Tom Collins | As for toilet paper, use the marine/RV version. It degrades very fast. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 0:18 | comment | added | requiem | Naw, it degrades, and should be mostly gone in 2 years. Best reference I can find so far is a Tasmanian paper that explored this issue: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479704001781 (I'm hesitant to recommend burning due to the fire risk, especially when roots and sub-surface organic matter is involved, but if you happen to have a fire already going...) | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 22:54 | comment | added | user2169 | Toilet paper is almost completely non-biodegradable. It's composed of long cellulose molecules, and bacteria can only attack the molecules from the ends. Burning, in my experience, only ever gets a certain percentage of the paper. Some of the paper is wet or has poo on it, so it isn't going to burn. I do almost all my wiping with rocks, then at the end I do the last few wipes with toilet paper, and seal the paper in a ziplock bag and pack it out. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 19:46 | comment | added | nhinkle | I've heard that burning the toilet paper is also a good way to break it down, and accelerate the decomposition in appropriate climates. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 18:45 | history | answered | requiem | CC BY-SA 3.0 |