Partimehero wrote:. Composting toilets are good in open areas and so are potty latrines where you have to bag up solid waste BUT off gassing will occur...... Even through 3 tightly knotted poop bags! Gas will always force its way out. Not good for confined areas.
For cooking, use a simple alcohol stove. Trianga do the best but Go outdoors do decent and cheaper alternatives. Butane, propane remnants will sit on the shelter floor and fester. In a tight space it's really hard to get rid of the before and after smell. On that note, I'm assuming the ventilation is good!?
Personally I'd still go for a composting loo. A simple food grade plastic container with lid placed beneath a 'normal' loo seat.
eg
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-5-Litre-W ... 20bb2d4d9f
1 x 5 Litre White Plastic Bucket with white lid £2.29
As all us preppers know you can't have too many plastic buckets with lids. Indeed there is a website on the subject!!!
http://fivegallonideas.com/top-posts/
Place 1" Woodshavings on the base, use it then sprinkle handful of shavings on. When 3/4 full, couple of weeks, empty outside - preferably into a pre-dug hole so that worms can spread the benefits of your daily motions.
Those portaloos are not that robust, we had one in a camper van & with two of us required emptying every few days - and we didn't use it for No.2's! Also they require chemicals that 1. cost money & 2. cost money. Woodshavings are a (free) useful by-product assuming you cut your own logs.
I bought one of those alcohol stoves from Lidl a couple of years back - it was less than a tenner.
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