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Stephen Borgstrom's avatar

I use an "airtight" pet food container from a company called Gamma. 12"x12" and 10" tall it has a wide-mouth screw on lid, is rated to hold 15 pounds of dry kibble and fits in a cockpit locker on my boat. It does a good job of being odoriferously inconspicuous, no doubt helped by being tucked away in a locker cooled from the outside by the Salish Sea.

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A. Haberland's avatar

As somebody who suffers with crohn's disease, I am always on the hunt for a new way to store waste (waist perhaps?) products when aboard. The big issue, as many have pointed out, is the olfactory assault upon opening the container. This is one of the reasons I do not use a cassette toilet. I like my nose firmly attached to my face.

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Eric Russell's avatar

Clearwater uses a similar system. The container is a 5 gallon bucket primed with sawdust from local schools. A handful of sawdust or chips with every deposit leaves the container smelling fine until it can be emptied and cleaned. I believe other environmental education vessels also use "sawdust heads." The bacterial action helps create good fertilizer.

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William Foster's avatar

When you get home put it in a freezer, and freeze it before opening. That way it won't rip your nose off when you open it.

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William Foster's avatar

Give it good cleaning with a disinfectant. It'll be cleaner than that chicken in your freezer.

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William Foster's avatar

Is this because your family makes the Knorr line of salad dressings and sauces and you have a USDA food handling cert? 😆

All the germs aside, it's a great idea.

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