Turn Waste into a Resource with Human Manure – Mother Earth News

Let’s embark on the taboo subject of human manure! The problem of waste in an off-grid or downed-grid situation is embarrassingly simple. Most people don’t consider waste when thinking about emergency preparedness. Human excrement is actually not waste at all, we only approach it as waste. In permaculture you will often hear, “the problem is the solution.” In this case, the “problem” really is a solution and is, in fact, a great resource.