Composting toilets a misnomer: Excessive ammonia from urine inhibits microbial activity yet is insufficient in sanitizing the end-product

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-35

  Hill, Geoffrey B ^a   Baldwin, Susan A ^a   Vinnerås, Björn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Compost; Decentralized; Dry; Feces; Management; Nitrification; Sanitation; Toilet; Waste; Waterless

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRIC TRIOXIDE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMMONIA; ASH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; FECES; HYGIENE; INHIBITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; PATHOGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; SANITATION; UREA; URINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; ASH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COMPOSTING; COMPOSTING TOILET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FERTILIZATION; HYGIENE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NORTH AMERICA; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SANITATION; TEMPERATURE; URINE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84874443185     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.12.046     Document Type: Article

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