THE END OF THE WORLD FILES volume 9. what to do with your poo.

There are many opinions about the most important preparations to make for the inevitable end of civilization. Many experts will tell you what food is best and how much to stockpile. There are numerous choices of weapons and their pros and cons. Medical experts may have their individual preferences for supplies and medicines. There are few experts on what to do with your poo.
You may think that, what with the end of the world here and all, disposal of fecal matter is the last thing you should think about. Wrong. It should at least be the fourth thing. After all, with you all hunkered down in your safe house living on canned beans and bottled water, you will soon have to deal with the eventual bowel movement.
Why not just cop a squat?
First, there is little chance that the sewage system will be operating. That usually requires regular maintenance, and I don’t think it will rate as a high priority among the survivors of Armageddon. Without functioning plumbing, your abode will become your ca-mode, and that’s no good. Going outside and finding some bushes to dump behind is also problematic. The last thing you want to do in dangerous post-apocalyptic world is get caught outside with your pants down.
Don't worry that you have to neglect your intestinal well-being, you got options--and they are all cheap and easy to initiate. All options require the same thing first, PICKLE BUCKETS. Pickle buckets are, obviously, buckets that pickles came in. They are white or green and available at any fast-food joint FREE FOR THE TAKING. Take as many as you can, covers included(they fit on nice and tight). If you have no other option, you can do your business directly in these and then seal them shut. Use them as end tables or whatever until you can get rid of them. Just don’t ever open them again.
With just a little more planning, you can get added efficiency from your pickle-bucket-toilets. If you live on the upper floors of an apartment building, you have a few advantages. Thanks to gravity, you can use your actual toilet for quite a while. Use your pickle buckets to store old wash water--stockpile some bleach to add to each bucket--and you can wash those troublesome brown trout right down the tubes and out to sea.
If you live on the ground floor or in the countryside, you need another option. Stockpile some cheap kitty-litter you can make pickle-bucket-human-litter-boxes. Save your wood ashes to sprinkle in after each use and you can keep the odor down considerably. Seal on the lid when you’re done and dump, rinse, and reuse when you can.
In the cushy, pre-apocalyptic world that we live in--our number two is far from our number one concern. It won’t always be this way. We will no longer be able to just flush all our troubles away.