Jim:
When I was a river [rafting] guide we used toilets made of [military surplus
wooden] rocket boxes.
The premise is to take a large Army rocket box (a toilet lid fits inside
) and use double lined plastic bags and plenty of powdered lime. Regular
old lime for the disinfectant.
We would use on of these on extended wilderness rafting trips for 30 or 40
people.
Here’s how it works. Set up the rocket box and remove the large roll
of heavy black plastic trash bags. Take TWO bags and double bag them and line
the inside of the box.
Set the lid on top and ONLY put toilet paper and feces in the box. All urine
goes on the ground. After doing your business take a small scoop of lime
and sprinkle enough of the powder to cover the waste. After finishing, remove
the seat and place the lid back on but don’t seal it. The next person
comes along, takes the lid off (which keeps the flies out ) and puts the
toilet seat
on and does
the same.
When a bag is full, remove it from the box, and tie off and then put it inside
another bag in case of leaks.
This gets put in the trash bags for later disposal. ONE rocket box can handle
about 30 people for a weekend easily going through 2 to 4 bags every 2 or
3 days. We always brought two, one for women and one for men. Once ready
to break camp, we removed the bag of dump, put the bucket of lime, the roll
of
trash
bags
and the lid inside the box and sealed the lid.
This was VERY effective and met the U.S. Forest Service "pack it in, pack it
out" rule.
Lime is a VERY good thing to stockpile. In addition to keeping the oders
down on feces, it can also keep the odor down on rotting bodies, as will
20 Mule
Team Borax. I use that for raw tanning hides and have some that have NEVER
been chemical tanned and ONLY had Borax and are now going on 10 years with
no hair slippage or odor. These are deer hides that I have made into rugs.
-
Mel