Well I have been putting toilet paper TUBES and Paper napkin tubes in. I have heard of people urinating in flower beds and compost heaps. On my form from the worm farm under DO NOT COMPOST it says Human waste-may transmit diseases to humans. Also I would be worried about meds.Any hormones etc.

Hi All! Just a couple of words. Sewer Sludge in worm food Charlie Morgans books several times mentioned.

sewer sludge has been sterilized so there is no #2 in it. It is mostly undissolved fibers.

I have heard of people trying to use worms to deal with human manure. What I remember from their experiences what that urinating in a worm bin will cause mass evacuation of the worms from the bin. They don't like the salts, it is too wet, urine quickly becomes urea which isn't far from ammonia that is way too strong for worms to deal with.

So, this person gave up trying to use #1 in his worm bin. He was doing #2 in his worm bin but I suspect he didn't keep that up for long since you need to cover it to keep it from smelling and the bin would probably fill up quite quickly.

There is not much research done yet about the ability of a worm bin to deal with pathogens that human poo can carry so I don't think I would want to go that way.

If you are really interested in no waste living here are some sites to check out.
http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html
http://www.weblife.org/humanure/default.html
It will also cut down on the clean drinking water you waste.

Here is a link that might be useful: humanure

i will definitely check out those pages, thanks!

my thought is, toilet paper is pulled from the roll after a pee. then only a couple of drops of pee get on the paper. then u have a wastebasket full of mostly wadded up paper, and a few drops of evaporated pee. so maybe the
worms can go through that paper with minimal pee damage...

person poop on the other hand, never even occurred to me! the thought of either fishing it out of the bowl or else hovering over the bin to drop the friends off at the wormy lake is like...a little...horrifying. ;)

There is a book called humanure, I cant remember who wrote it cause I gave it to a friend who was living out in the hills trying achieve self sustainable living. I did read it though after I bought it from barnes and noble bookstore. The guy who wrote it has been doing it for years. He specifies exactly how long to compost these wastes and what temp they need to achieve and for how long to be safe to use for use on crops. You may want to check it out, I think I paid $20-$25 dollars for it two ears ago. Now that I think about it I may go buy it again just for the info.

You can read the 2nd edition of the book free online at this address
http://www.weblife.org/humanure/default.html
Author is Joe Jenkins. Lives in PA and yes he has been doing it for years. Like probably more than 26 years by now.

If interested in buying the book, checking out his message board, purchasing anything related to humanure, check out his web site.
http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html

Here is a link that might be useful: Read the book

Hi there, I live in australia, and just recently there was an article in the newspaper by one of their journalists that had quit and moved to a self sufficient lifestyle. They had their whole house plumbed into a wormfarm. All the toilets and everything flushed into it, and the results drained down through porous pipes into the orchard. This may be a little different because they never actually contact the worms and waste, it just flows underground to the orchard.

But that said, my worm farm instructions said I could put dog poo in there, and I dont see why that is any different to human wastes.

NOTE: if you put dog (or human) poo in the wormfarm, and the person/animal has recently been treated for intestinal worms, you WILL KILL all of your worms.

I would not put dog, cat, or human poo into my worm farm. Reason, there are pathogens that may not be killed by the conditions in a worm bin. Those three things are much better composted in a hot compost pile that will be allowed to age a long time. It should only be done by those who are confident in their compost management.