If it is actually composted, from what I have read, then there shouldn't be issues. If you were using raw sewage yea. I read that composting causes temperatures to rise above 70c which kills such diseases.
How can I put a dozen or so old tyres to use?
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or just a compost toilet, save a lot of expensive energy.
hardtop
Solar Enthusiast
Make garden hoses and sell them on Amazon.
Bluedog225
Solar Wizard
Maybe. Heavy metals, pathogens, and pharmaceuticals. Have to deal with them all. And it’s hard for the diy composter to ensure 160 plus degrees for 21 days. And test to confirm. I don’t mind returning stuff to the field but seems like it deserves utility scale attention.
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"Managed Carefully" key words in this topic.
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Hey guy, I must apologize for my harsh reply. I see you are truly working on educating yourself so you might live peacefully and in good health off grid. Hope all the best for your endeavor.
Sometimes all the conflicting information from the You Tubers gets to me. It's a good thing we have forums like this to hash it all out.
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Recovering EE
Solar Addict
Human "manure" tends to contain break-down products of the pharmaceuticals they've been using, and often the drugs themselves.
It's a serious problem for sewage wastewater treatment.
No thanks.
As I age, I don't need even *bigger* man-boobs.
Bluedog225
Solar Wizard
The amount of cocaine and antidepressants in the water supply downstream of Austin is pretty startling.
Koyaanisqatsi
Electron addict
Buy a few hundred feet of rope and covertly set up tire swings throughout the local forests.
Vigo
Solar Wizard
I have a pile of perhaps a hundred used tires. I even have some ~48" diameter tires from a wheel loader.
So far, the only way i have used them is as 'earth bags' to build a half-assed retaining wall. I used a carpet knife to cut the sidewalls 90% of the way around to flip open like a 'lid', then filled them with earth/rocks, stacked the next layer of tires offset from the first, and continued up about 5 layers to make a retaining wall about 3-4ft high along one side of a creek crossing where i placed a 24" diameter culvert pipe. On the other side i built a concrete block retaining wall and poured concrete into the voids to interlock the blocks. Both sides were somewhat experimental and neither side am i really proud of, but my creek crossing has never washed away and it has been traversed by loaded semis so im calling it 'functional'.
So far, the only way i have used them is as 'earth bags' to build a half-assed retaining wall. I used a carpet knife to cut the sidewalls 90% of the way around to flip open like a 'lid', then filled them with earth/rocks, stacked the next layer of tires offset from the first, and continued up about 5 layers to make a retaining wall about 3-4ft high along one side of a creek crossing where i placed a 24" diameter culvert pipe. On the other side i built a concrete block retaining wall and poured concrete into the voids to interlock the blocks. Both sides were somewhat experimental and neither side am i really proud of, but my creek crossing has never washed away and it has been traversed by loaded semis so im calling it 'functional'.
I remember looking at those when making my van build. They cost several thousand dollars/pounds.
I have been thinking if I want more volume in my compost bin I am using them for currently I could cut out the rims.
Someone suggested elsewhere that Kris Harbour the successful off-grid youtuber used them to make a bedding/floor for a structure of some sort. If it is good enough for him then that gives it the seal of approval.
Sparks-n-Splinters
Solar Enthusiast
I've got an old timer down the mountian from me a ways that used tires and concrete to make a side of the creek that runs through his place flat. He did not say how long ago he did it or how he built it but it sure looks like its been around a looong time.
What are you talking about? You can build a compost big from pallets, a few peeled pine poles & some tarps.
I quoted the wrong thing. I meant the incineration toilets comment you were responding to.
sun walker
Solar Enthusiast
I have a pile of them, really useful for weighing down stuff, cover a wood pile/premix with old roofing iron/tarp throw on a few tires to stop it all blowing away etc. Shame about the toxic stuff. I was going to build a wall out of them covered in galv netting & 4-1 sand-cement mix plaster, similar to how you might use framing or straw bales but no worries re-water rotting. But not enough life times.
HarryN
Solar Wizard
Yes, and people tend to under estimate the need to purge the waste streams of prions. To really break those down, takes incineration or similar.
Composting is not enough to remove those from the environment.
Prions cause deer wasting disease and mad cow.
Never eat from those animals - burn them until they are just ashes.
Burying is not enough - they have to be completely turned into water, CO2 and the bone minerals.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy - Wikipedia
Chronic wasting disease - Wikipedia
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