[pct-l] TP decomposition - 3 P's

[Will Hiltz]

Ah, yet another justification for avoiding something which you seem to
acknowledge is the right thing to do but you find unpleasant.


No matter how much you mix up your patented poo slurry with extremely
responsible toilet paper, it is definitely not the most environmentally
friendly or LNT way to dispose of your TP. Not leaving it there in the first
place would be... or is that just oversimplifying things?


Easy




On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Ron Moak <ronmoak at sixmoondesigns.com>wrote:

> Since I was the original author of the 3 P's (poop, pee and puree) method
> of
> waste disposal I thought I'd offer a few comments to the ongoing thread.
>
> I've read most of the posts related to this topic with a fair degree of
> indifference. Fundamentally it matters little to me how you treat your TP
> as
> long as it is done environmentally (ie no forest fires please) and it's
> done
> in a LNT manner (ie. I don't have to see it). So pack it out, burn it, bury
> it in 6 foot hole, go au'natural or do the 3 P's if that's your fancy.
>
> In general with discussions like this, we like to simplify the problem.
> Simple problems are much easier to solve than complex ones. So we'll boil
> the whole proper waste disposal discussion into "Get rid of the TP
> eyesore".
> Since we've simplified the problem, let's find a simple solution. One
> that's
> easy to remember and easy to convey when we want to pound it into someone
> else's head who doesn't happen to agree with us. In this case "PACK IT
> OUT".
> You got admit is goes well with our current nanosecond attention span.
>
> When I originally proposed the 3 P's method, I wanted something that was
> environmentally sound. Admittedly, I don't cherish the thought of packing
> out used toilet paper.
>
> Of all of the methods of dealing with waste disposal, the 3 P's is the most
> environmentally sound. Why, because it deals not only with the toilet
> paper,
> it's designed to aid in the breakdown of the waste as well.
>
> Our bodies to an amazing job squeezing moisture out of our waste before
> it's
> deposited. Scatology is a whole science devoted to the study of petrified
> poop.
>
> The purpose of the 3 P's is add moisture, in the form of pee or a cup of
> water if you're empty, to the mix to aid in the growth of bacteria. They,
> in
> turn, will naturally compost the waste. The TP acts as a sponge and soaks
> up
> the moisture, slowly releasing it back as needed. By slowly releasing the
> water, you increase the amount of time available to compost the waste.
>
> Pureeing the mixture, incorporates the TP within the waste. Properly done,
> there is no sign of the TP. It also mixes in some of the surrounding soil
> that contains microbes helpful in breaking down the waste.
>
> Cover it in a few inches of forest debris and you've got a little totally
> unnoticed waste facility plant working to do what nature does best.
> Recycling us into the next generation of plants and animals.
>
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