HUMANURE HANDBOOK

Center of the Humanure Universe

 

HUMANURE HANDBOOK

COMPOST TOILET HANDBOOK

Click on QR Code to read the Humanure Handbook for free.
It will download the Table of Contents, which will be linked to the individual chapter PDF downloads.
Or just click here to read the Humanure Handbook 4th edition for free (PDF).

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Compost toilets can provide a sanitation solution when water or electricity are not available, or when you simply want to make more compost or less environmental pollution.

Make a Loveable Loo (illustrated PDF download).

Foreign Editions

of the Humanure Handbook

A full Mexican Spanish translation of the Humanure Handbook 4th edition is about to go to print (May 2025)!

PDF E-Book - Amazon - Kindle.

Book Stores: Order from our distributor:
Chelsea Green Publishing.

Humanure Handbook Awards

Cambodian | Chinese | Dutch | Finnish | French | German | Hebrew | Hungarian | Indian
| Italian | Japanese | Kenya | Korean | Mongolian | Norwegian | Portuguese | Russian | Slovenian | Spanish | Vietnamese

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The Humanure Handbook and The Compost Toilet Handbook

The Humanure Handbook and The Compost Toilet Handbook

 

CHINESE

Chinese translation of the Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins.

Chinese translation of the Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins.

 

JAPANESE

Japanese translation of the Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins.

 

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Japanese translation of the Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins.

 

ITALIAN

Humanure Handbook Manual in Italian Language

Download the PDF

FINNISH

Download the entire Finnish book free!

Email and thank Niklas Fred for a top-quality translation!

Humanure Handbook is in the Finnish language!

INDIAN

The Humanure Handbook published in India.

 

The Humanure Handbook published in India.

HUMANURE KENYA

We don't have any African translations of the Humanure Handbook or the Instruction Manual,
but there are organizations in Africa doing humanure composting work. Humanure Kenya is one of them.

Humanure Compost Toilets in Kenya, Africa

Read an article about Humanure Kenya!

KOREAN

The Humanure Handbook is available in Korean from Greenreview Publishing Co.,
202-13 Bomodong, Daegu, South Korea.(053)742-0663, 0666; Fax: (053)741-6168, Editor

The Humanure Handbook is available in Korean from Greenreview Publishing Co.

Purchase The Humanure Handbook Korean Language Edition Online

Korean translation of the Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins

 

Watch a Korean video clip about humanure:

 

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HEBREW

The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins is available in Hebrew.
For More Information: contact Yaar Publications.

The Humanure Handbook is available in Hebrew. For More Information: contact Yaar Publications.

How to Build a Compost Toilet (Hebrew Language)

NORWEGIAN

The Humanure Handbook in the Norwegian language.

Contact: sjolberg@online.no

Norwegian translation of the Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins

MONGOLIAN

Mongolian Humanure Handbook Compost Toilet Instructional Manual translation

Read about our work in Mongolia.

Download the 2006 Feasibility Study

Download: Mongolian: "Humanure Compost Toilet System Instruction Manual"

Download the Mongolian font.

SPANISH

We have a full Spanish language Humanure Handbook 4th edition in progress. Look for it in 2025!

Humanure Handbook 4th edition translated into Mexican Spanish by Francisco Rubio Michaus

 

Humanure Compost Toilet Manual translated by Rubio Michaus and Aristides Castillo:

Humanure Compost Toilet Manual translated by Rubio Michaus and Aristides Castillo

 

MANUAL DEL HUMABONO

Entire Humanure Handbook, 3rd edition translated into Spanish by Francisco Rubio Michaus:

Humanure Handbook 3rd edition Compost Toilet Manual translated by Francisco Rubio Michaus.

 

The Scoop About Poop (Spanish Version)

The Scoop About Poop in Spanish

There is also an English Version of The Scoop About Poop

FRENCH

Read the entire Humanure Handbook in French!

Read the entire Humanure Handbook in French!

Read the condensed humanure instruction manual in French!

WORD FILE or PDF FILE

Humanure Handbook Condensed Instruction Manual in French

French Language Video about Composting as a Sanitation Alternative:


French Wastewater Regulations

SLOVENIAN

Slovenian Humanure Compost Toilet Video Clips

 

Visit a Slovenian web site about humanure.

Look at humanure compost toilet video clips with Slovenian subtitles.

Look at humanure compost toilet video clips with Slovenian subtitles.

 

GERMAN

Read the Humanure manual in the German language.

Humanure Manual in the German Language.

 

CAMBODIAN

Khmer language humanure toilet building instructions

How to build a compost toilet (Cambodian Khmer language)

PORTUGUESE

The Humanure Handbook Portuguese Translation

Read the entire Portuguese 3rd Edition of the Humanure Handbook.
This excellent translation was done by Cassio P. Octaviani.

VIETNAMESE

(He thong nha ve sinh)

Humanure Compost Toilet Manual Vietnamese Translation

How to build a humanure compost toilet (Vietnamese language).

Special thanks to Vo thi trinh Tien.

HUNGARIAN

Translation of Humanure Compost Toilet Manual into the Hungarian Language

Hungarian Translation of Humanure Handbook Compost Toilet Manual

Special thanks to Norbert Stiglicz

DUTCH

Entire 4th edition of the Humanure Handbook in Dutch, thanks to Harry Wagenaar!

The Humanure Handbook 4th edition translated into the Dutch language.

 

Also: Condensed Humanure Manual translated into the Dutch language:

Condensed Humanure Manual in the Dutch Language

RUSSIAN

Humanure Composting Toilet System Condensed Manual in the Russian Language