Not the question I expected to be asking today but -- couldn't you just use kitty litter?

There are times--such as when I read the phrase "the volunteer group Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human, or PHLUSH"--when I think Portland is irrevocably damned, and maybe I ought to move to Fresno or someplace.

I'm sure that with Wim Wiewel, PhD Urban Planning, as der Führer, that Portland State University will remain the most convenient place to take a crap downtown. Even if the entire campus does sit directly atop the West Hills Fault.

I'M WORKING ON WHERE TO FORNICATE, THEN I'LL FIGURE OUT THE POO THING.

And while human waste can be put in the city compost, isn't it not good to put it in home compost bins? I've heard that home compost bins usually don't get hot enough to break down feces.

Pedantry corner: the population of Christchurch is less than 400,000. The population of Portland metro area is over two million. So, "about the same size" might not be entirely accurate...

Stu, Beaverton and Gresham and all the other surrounding cities get to fend for themselves. Without them, Portland's population is only double that of Christchurch.

Shit is too nitrogen rich to contain in a tightly enclosed container. Spontaneous combustion could result, and you'd have one hell of a messy fertilizer bomb.

Stu, that's somewhat of a fair point. But I think the comparison was apples to apples: Portland proper to Christchurch proper.

Portland itself is a little under 600,000. Christchurch is a little under 400,000. Both are medium-sized cities, like, for instance, Minneapolis, which is about the same size as Christchurch, and to which Portland is often compared by city planners.

Comparing Portland's metro area, which wasn't the comparison, to Christchurch proper would be an oranges to apples comparison.

I just assume Gresham constantly wallows in their own shit anyway, so they won't notice a difference.

Well this article is food for thought. That is if you are into eating that kind of thing. The next question is where to get rid of the buckets. And the issue of the nitrogen in an enclosed space is terrifying as well. And didn't I read a few years back about the kids that were pooping and peeing in bittles then inhaling the gasses to get high? Is that shit still a concern? - www.dmesupplygroup.com

Having been on a river trip or two, my understanding is that if you keep the pee out of the bucket it isn't a KABOOM risk. Hence the two bucket system.
Can someone confirm?