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How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
How do we get rid of wastes that we leave in a potty? My boat is so
small that I cannot easily fit a porta potti into the existing structure of the boat. I am thinking of using a 3-gal bucket and lining it with layers of plastic bags, and use it as a potty. But I am wondering what I am going to do with all these bags of human wastes: o Do I need to open each bag when I get back home and dump the content into my toilet? :( o Should I simply dump all the bags of human wastes into my trash can and let the sanitation worker to remove it along with other household trashes? Any idea? Thanks in advance for any info. Jay Chan |
How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
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ps.com... How do we get rid of wastes that we leave in a potty? My boat is so small that I cannot easily fit a porta potti into the existing structure of the boat. I am thinking of using a 3-gal bucket and lining it with layers of plastic bags, and use it as a potty. But I am wondering what I am going to do with all these bags of human wastes: o Do I need to open each bag when I get back home and dump the content into my toilet? :( o Should I simply dump all the bags of human wastes into my trash can and let the sanitation worker to remove it along with other household trashes? Any idea? Thanks in advance for any info. Jay Chan Can you imagine being the trash collector who opens that can after some sharp object pierces the bag. Does that answer your question? Sheeeesh....these guys have a hard enough job. |
How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
wrote in message ps.com... How do we get rid of wastes that we leave in a potty? My boat is so small that I cannot easily fit a porta potti into the existing structure of the boat. I am thinking of using a 3-gal bucket and lining it with layers of plastic bags, and use it as a potty. But I am wondering what I am going to do with all these bags of human wastes: o Do I need to open each bag when I get back home and dump the content into my toilet? :( Yep. o Should I simply dump all the bags of human wastes into my trash can and let the sanitation worker to remove it along with other household trashes? NO! Do you take a crap in your garbage can? What is the difference? Any idea? Thanks in advance for any info. Jay Chan |
How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
How do we get rid of wastes that we leave in a potty? My boat is so
small that I cannot easily fit a porta potti into the existing structure of the boat. I am thinking of using a 3-gal bucket and lining it with layers of plastic bags, and use it as a potty. But I am wondering what I am going to do with all these bags of human wastes: o Do I need to open each bag when I get back home and dump the content into my toilet? :( o Should I simply dump all the bags of human wastes into my trash can and let the sanitation worker to remove it along with other household trashes? Come back and tell us all about what happens when the bucket tips over and fills the boat with fun stuff. |
How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
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How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
Dan wrote: Take a look at the sawdust toilet ( http://weblife.org/humanure/chapter8_2.html ). I had to laugh at this line: Experience has shown that 150 people will require four five gallon containers during a serious party. Therefore, always be prepared for the unexpected, and maintain a reserve toilet capacity at all times by having extra toilet receptacles available, as well as extra cover material. Incidentally, for every full container of compost material carried out of a toilet room, a full, same-sized container of cover material will need to be carried in. I don't know how I'd find 150 people willing to attend a "serious party" where the toilet facility was a bucket of sawdust. :-) If you use a sawdust or peat moss toilet aboard a boat, you need to haul a quantity of sawdust or peat moss- hardly practical if there isn't room for a typical porta-potti... and then you still have to figure out a way to dump it somewhere. I can't imagine that it would be easy to get the sawdust or peat moss into the "pump out hose" at the marina. |
How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
Chuck Gould wrote: Dan wrote: Take a look at the sawdust toilet ( http://weblife.org/humanure/chapter8_2.html ). I had to laugh at this line: Experience has shown that 150 people will require four five gallon containers during a serious party. Therefore, always be prepared for the unexpected, and maintain a reserve toilet capacity at all times by having extra toilet receptacles available, as well as extra cover material. Incidentally, for every full container of compost material carried out of a toilet room, a full, same-sized container of cover material will need to be carried in. I don't know how I'd find 150 people willing to attend a "serious party" where the toilet facility was a bucket of sawdust. :-) If you use a sawdust or peat moss toilet aboard a boat, you need to haul a quantity of sawdust or peat moss- hardly practical if there isn't room for a typical porta-potti... and then you still have to figure out a way to dump it somewhere. I can't imagine that it would be easy to get the sawdust or peat moss into the "pump out hose" at the marina. The sawdust or peatmoss could be kept in plastic bags that would fit into small irregular spaces that abound on boats. I agree that there is no practical way to dump the bucket at the marina, so its only suitable for day trips or perhaps a weekend. |
How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
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ps.com: How do we get rid of wastes that we leave in a potty? My boat is so small that I cannot easily fit a porta potti into the existing structure of the boat. I am thinking of using a 3-gal bucket and lining it with layers of plastic bags, and use it as a potty. But I am wondering what I am going to do with all these bags of human wastes: Well, I believe it is STILL legal to dump the bucket over the side, without the plastic bag, of course, last time I checked. It is illegal to dump your holding tank or any MOUNTED toilet over the side, but not if you use a bucket. Whales and other marine mammals do it all the time without getting arrested. The laws about marine sanitation devices is a long, arduous string of legalese to make sure, as usual, that the appropriate palms get crossed and the price is high. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ht...3_00001322---- 000-.html Local states and fiefdoms can make more stringent laws/regulations/ordinances than this, of course. Your mileage (or is that millage) may vary. section 1322 (b)(1) says: "(b) Federal standards of performance (1) As soon as possible, after October 18, 1972, and subject to the provisions of section 1254 (j) of this title, the Administrator, after consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, after giving appropriate consideration to the economic costs involved, and within the limits of available technology, shall promulgate Federal standards of performance for marine sanitation devices (hereafter in this section referred to as “standards”) which shall be designed to prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated sewage into or upon the navigable waters from new vessels and existing vessels, except vessels not equipped with installed toilet facilities. Such standards and standards established under subsection (c) (1)(B) of this section shall be consistent with maritime safety and the marine and navigation laws and regulations and shall be coordinated with the regulations issued under this subsection by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall promulgate regulations, which are consistent with standards promulgated under this subsection and subsection (c) of this section and with maritime safety and the marine and navigation laws and regulations governing the design, construction, installation, and operation of any marine sanitation device on board such vessels." The key buzzwords here a "except vessels not equipped with installed toilet facilities." Your bucket isn't covered because it's not an "installed toilet facility"....nor is hanging it over the stern and letting fly, once you get used to the cat calling, cursing and screaming, especially from the swimmers close by who are always downstream from the event, it seems. The bucket is nice because you can wait until they are all distracted, then dump it quickly and retreat before anyone notices who did it. Just don't "install" the bucket with a hose....which makes it an "installed" device. The law recognizes there's no room for $5000 worth of sewage treatment equipment aboard a 12' aluminum boat with a 9hp Honda, or your Fold-A- Bote dingy, which I find refreshing after reading some other laws the stupid idiots we elect to public office write. Now you need to check all your state, regional and local load of nonsense to see what these layers of bureaucracy have added to section 1322. All this is now moot that the Federal Judge in Louisiana has declared boating, mostly, a Federal felony. After you've robbed the bank, they won't add any time because you stole beer from the 7-11 cooler. The bucket is part of our "Dump and Run" scenario. Drunken fisherman regularly **** all that beer over the side, mostly after the waterskiiers have passed. This is one of the many reasons MEN are built as we are, with built-in drainage equipment, hopefully longer than the distance to the gunwales....to leeward is best, including dumping your bucket. |
How to Dump Wastes That Are in a Bucket (a Potty)?
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ps.com: o Should I simply dump all the bags of human wastes into my trash can and let the sanitation worker to remove it along with other household trashes? This isn't a good idea because the irate sanitation workers can easily identify WHO put it in THIS trash can. Retaliation would be brutal and swift, probably before the truck drives away! |
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