Basic Information about Sanitation (Human Waste Elimination) in an Emergency

[AZ Prepper]

There are some basics that you should know about dealing with human waste, mainly:

• How far away from home, garden & waters sources to bury waste
• How deep to bury waste
• What can you add to the waste to kill as many germs as possible
• What can you add to help manage the smell until proper burial

Some answers are:

• You should bury human waste at least 12 feet from your home, garden, etc.
• You should bury it at least 18 inches deep (animals can sniff through 15-16 inches of dirt)
• Lime helps break it down
• Borax helps with the smell

Now, I'm sure there will be people who will argue and protest that Borax isn't "environmentally friendly"... but being dead isn't much use either.

And if you don't think you have a rat, disease spreading problem now, just wait until an emergency occurs and sanitation is out the window...


(Thanks to Kenneth Moravec for this information... someone who KNOWS what he's talking about, for sure!)