Comments on: 7 Creative Uses for Poop

By: Moon

Moon — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:10:41 +0000

Oh…NOOOOOOOO…no poop coffee Nononono…

please don’t do that to my coffee!

By: treacle

treacle — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:34:31 +0000

You forgot Humanure … not something that most people would trust, and not what the DofA allows, but if composted properly, it’s totally safe fertilizer. I have friends who build a solar composting outhouse.. works great! (Although they don’t use the product on their CSA farm… don’t want to freak out the subscribers).

Also, there’s apparently a prison in Nigeria that pipes all poop to a large composter, then harvests the methane for the prison’s kitchen.

Uhm, pardon me, I’ll be right back… :>D

By: Samantha Harlow

Samantha Harlow — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:01:50 +0000

This was so fun to read! I had no idea excrement was so useful! Here’s to beneficial fiber!

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:42:32 +0000

Maureen,
Actually they are wild. People are following them around. But for hundreds of dollars per pound, wouldn’t you?

By: bibliophile8117

bibliophile8117 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:27:11 +0000

You forgot to mention Sheep Poo Paper, a native product of Wales (U.K.). Wales has A LOT of sheep and sheep poo is apparently prime material for paper because they digest only a very small percentage of the grass they eat.

By: sandyra

sandyra — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:28:25 +0000

During the time of the pharoahs crocodile poop was used as a contraceptive to avoid pregnancy. One would think that the smell alone would be enough to deter copulation…

By: Maureen

Maureen — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:44:00 +0000

I can’t but wonder about the civet coffee. Seems unhealthy for a civet to be kept in a small cage, and fed little else but coffee beans. I don’t suppose people are actually following them around in the wild, and picking up after them. Anyhow, someone brought a bag of the stuff back for us as a gift, so I suppose I’ll try it one of these days…

By: Aurora

Aurora — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:33:46 +0000

re-captcha: cursive present!
Love the image of curving back to the past…to help answer current questions. Good thing the ‘natives’ maintained the evolved technologies of their tribes; wonder how much knowledge was lost as Westernized commercial conquerors ground down cultures to make way for progress?

Project #7 sounds great; as any one who has been near a large scale animal lot or pig or dairy operation can attest.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:55:02 +0000

PhoneticLorin, I’ve seen dung paper for sale in several US zoos, made from the products of various animals.

By: C

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:51:48 +0000

I have a picture from years ago that my aunt sent me – mounted on Buffalo dung paper. It’s actually really pretty paper, but none of my friends will touch it because of the source!