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The primary aim of this resource is to identify the important construction, installation, and maintenance considerations relative to compost toilets. Our goal is to put the reader in a better position to manage the, decisions and subsequent tasks of compost toilet use.

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Composting toilet (CT) technology is not new to Vanuatu. Before independence, some of the rural schools on Ambae and North Efate, like Onesua, were using these toilets. The CT design in this manual was adapted from a toilet used in Tonga, Kiribati and Fiji.

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Two simple clothes washers are outlined in this Technical Bulletin. The first, designed by VITA Volunteer Dale Fritz, consists of a covered galvanized metal tub, in which a long-handled agitator is plunged vigorously through the clothes. It was used successfully in Afghanistan. The other washer is a more complicated wooden washing machine made and tested by the United States Department of Agriculture's Home Economics Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. Both washers are easy to construct with readily available materials, and should help simplify washday chores.

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The Clivus composting toilet uses aerobic decomposition to slowly break down both urine and feces into stable compounds within the polyethylene composting unit. The sloped design (“Clivus Multrum” means inclined chamber) separates urine from feces.

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This collection of papers describes the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of Chinese technologies that enable the Chinese to treat human excreta, livestock manure, and farm wastes to produce liquid fertilizer, compost, and methane gas.

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This environmentally-friendly toilet eliminates water pollution while recovering soil nutrients vital for plant growth. This information sheet tells you about the proper use of this toilet and other things to consider.

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This document talks about the advantages of “big batch” cold-process soap, the supplies needed, how to do it, and more.

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The intention here is to provide the basic data on how to make soap from the most basic materials. There are many fancier soap recipes which make better soaps, as long as you have all the ingredients.

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This booklet presents techniques for making soap for home or village use. Soap can be made very economically. When cooking greases and fireplace or stove ashes are saved routinely, the basic ingredients are available at almost no cost.

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Introduction to human physiology as detailed by the US army medical course.

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