Comments on: Crap – a Giant Field of Human Excrement Outside of Dubai

By: richard

richard — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:43:37 +0000

Thanks! That’s makes the, not entirely pleasant, experience worthwhile!

By: Michael Lehner

Michael Lehner — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:29:57 +0000

Thanks very much for the additional info. I have tried some composting and seen some large scale composting operations and it is very hard to avoid some odor. So I can imagine that a facemask would be highly recommended in this area.

Keep up the good work, sir. I am interested in how we can process this sort of waste in a way that is beneficial to the planet. Your one picture evoked a lot of thought on my part.

By: richard

richard — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:22:04 +0000

Beg your pardon Michael….I just saw that you said ‘turn’ it, not ‘burn’ it!

By: richard

richard — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:55:13 +0000

Hi Michael
The Beeah waste management facility is on the Sharjah-Dhaid road, this area is out of sight, behind the old landfill hill. The smell is pretty ripe and the flies are quite bad. I wore a face mask, but the employees there told me they get used to it. If you drove past and the wind was blowing in the wrong direction you might find you want to put the roof up. Apparently, after drying, the sewage is mixed with organic matter, such as the municipal landscape grass cuttings, for maturing. I’m not sure if they use a burning process. In the drying field the sewage is spread out thinly. It’s piled high elsewhere for rotting down.
Hope this is of help.
Richard

By: Michael J Lehner

Michael J Lehner — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:55:32 +0000

That’s very interesting. I would love to learn more about why it is adjacent to the road, whether or not it has a strong smell, and how the composting process is accomplished. Do they have a machine to turn it? Do they add any other ingredients such as garbage?

I was just wondering if I pulled the old convertible out, put the top down and drove past the place, what would I experience?

How high do they pile it? Is it like a couple of metres deep? It’s sort of hard to tell much from the one shot of it.

Thanks! This was interesting.