fws doesn’t like the word ‘waste’. We believe that those things often considered as waste are just another stage in the multiple uses of a resource.

The ‘waste’ materials from our toilet and laundry area are a great example of this. These areas encompass some of the most potentially damaging activities by humans – both from the point of view of a resource usage, potential health issue and environmental contamination.
    
Sources of waste from the bathrooms and laundry can be broadly categorised as:

• Grey water from the laundry area
• Black water from the toilets
• Humanure from the compost toilets
  

This small farm uses each of these ‘waste’ materials for productive purposes while containing their potential health and environmental dangers.

Using banana circles, fodder producing swales and gravel reed beds, and food forests, we ensure that nothing is wasted.

Below: The benefits of humanure...Kesho's thriving vegie gardens.