Either empty the container more often than you have been, or don't save it in the winter. You don't have to flush after every urination.

I use a 16 oz. cup then pour it into the container. If you're a guy and pee directly into your plastic jug the force of the urine stirs up all the older urine - hence the smell. I just rinse the cup with a small amount of water and place it back under the sink. I also decant my containers, which are I think 46 oz. juice bottles into gallon jugs I store in the garage. Add those to the compost when I get 2 or 3 gallons. Scarcely notice the odor when I pour it outside.

I have sprayed a couple of squirts in the bathroom jugs with Febreze. That cuts the odor. Cheap too.

Glad you've come to this forum. So many great members who know a bunch. I learn a lot.

HTH, Rosie

Bacteria change the nitrogen in urine to ammonia fairly quickly.

Just like dirty diapers, you really don't want to keep it around very long. 'Aging' it doesn't help anything, it just increases the stink.

The basic composting bucket is just a 5-gallon bucket, a clip-on seat/lid, and some sawdust. For a guy, you can skip the seat. It's no big deal, but it REALLY DOES keep the odor down. In fact, you probably won't smell it at all.

If you just use the sawdust bucket as a urinal and flush the solid waste, you can just empty the wet sawdust into the compost pile. Keep it near the center.

Try it, it's works better than you think.

Sue

Urine can smell because it's high in nitrogen. If you mix it with something that is high in carbon, such as sawdust or shredded paper, you can counter this.

Ditto on Belgianpup's suggestion - the sawdust bucket.

if you pee on sawdust, aren't you just adding more volume to your pile but not doing anything to effect the piles current c:h ratio?

I want the nitrogen to counter the excess carbon already in my pile (lots of chopped leaves).

"if you pee on sawdust, aren't you just adding more volume to your pile but not doing anything to effect the piles current c:h ratio?

I want the nitrogen to counter the excess carbon already in my pile (lots of chopped leaves)."

Then pee directly on the pile. Or collect it in a bucket and pour.

Your situation is very different from the one the OP has. Other than your post and this one, all the responses address the problem faced by the OP.

Since your situation is so different, if you have a question about it, I would suggest creating a new thread.

After years of comprehensive study I have discovered that the quantity of urine applied to my pile is directly related to the amount of beer consumed whilst watching the game on my back deck------amazing !!!

....and i prefer the direct application method...after dark !!!

Robin Egg skies and 75 and sunny today ----Yeehawww Ya'll--------JB

Same weather here but I'm sitting in an office...not working very hard either. Rather be outside watering the pile. :-D

Scotty66 said: "if you pee on sawdust, aren't you just adding more volume to your pile but not doing anything to effect the piles current c:h ratio? I want the nitrogen to counter the excess carbon already in my pile (lots of chopped leaves)."

When you're adding urine to sawdust or leaves, that is exactly what you're doing: adding nitrogen to the carbon to help break it down. Plus you're adding quite a few minerals.

If you don't have/want to buy sawdust for a urine bucket, you can use chopped leaves instead, with the same effect.

Sue

Container?
What container?!?

LOL

"Don't worry, Pee Happy"

Here is a link that might be useful: Catfish Is My Farmhands

anytime I see a post or thread about Peeing on the compost pile, I wonder if anybody got summonsed for indecent exposure :0

Oh no, we're very clever. To my knowledge there has not been a documented Fail of that magnitude in this group.