Claims
- 1. A continuous process for converting human wastes and cellulosic material into a non-odiferous soil-like composted material, to provide means for disposing large quantities of these materials without polluting the environment, comprising the steps of:
- (a) depositing human and liquid wastes in a first chamber;
- (b) depositing water into said first chamber to dilute said human wastes and to clean the surfaces of said first chamber;
- (c) providing a second chamber, said second chamber being connected to said first chamber by valved conduit means;
- (d) filling said second chamber from about 1/10 to about 1/2 full with cellulosic material or with a mixture of cellulosic material and topsoil, the volume ratio of cellulosic material and topsoil being from about 6:1 to about 1:1 when a mixture of cellulosic material and topsoil is used;
- (e) seeding earth worms into said cellulosic material or said mixture of cellulosic material and topsoil in said second chamber;
- (f) transferring said human wastes, diluted in step (b), from said first chamber to said second chamber, said wastes being transferred through said valved conduit means by differential pressure;
- (g) periodically depositing a layer of cellulosic material on top of the diluted human waste transferred to said second chamber, the volume ratio of said layer of cellulosic material ranging from about 1:2 to about 3:1 relative to the volume of said diluted human wastes;
- (h) selectively exposing the contents of said second chamber to warm natural air convection at a temperature from about 50.degree. F. to 100.degree. F. and a humidity of from about 30 to about 100%, except when said transferring step (f) is in progress;
- (i) draining excess liquid, if any, from said second chamber;
- (j) allowing the earth worm hatching cycle and rebirth to proceed in said second chamber; and
- (k) periodically removing from the lower portion of said second chamber a soil-like material comprised of worm-reacted human waste, water, cellulosic material, worm capsules, worms and worm castings.
- 2. The process of claim 1, wherein, in addition to said human wastes, ordinary household garbage is added randomly with said human wastes.
- 3. The process of claim 1, wherein said cellulosic material in step (g) is added to said second chamber in approximately equal parts by weight on a solids basis relative to said human excreta, and wherein said earth worms added in step (e) are of a class called Eisenia Foetida.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 878,162, filed Feb. 15, 1978, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Continuation in Parts (1)
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