The waste icon will appear.
In addition, if you spend a few summers doing minimal food-sourcing to stick to terraforming with the workers you have, it takes a few years to see, but it will show, as at least 4 units per year collects in, and around, each Shelter.
Eventually filing the yards and becoming huge piles, of shit.
As if the smell alone would not require attention.
Aye.
There’s the rub.
Once you build a Market then the waste should start accumulating.
Before that, consumption should be considered to be at subsistence level providing minimal, or no waste accumulation.
Yes, you are right.
In order to deal with the compost produced by poop collection forcing you forward, you must now till farm fields.
Which means more Storage and Ratcatchers to guard the food.
Oh, did we mention Guard?
Yeah, ummm…
We’re gonna need you to triple your current population in the blink of an eye to meet the labor demands you now need.
Labor?
Did someone mention labor?
Oh? Hey! Did you notice you were short on Labor?
If not, let us remind you.
Again.
You’re short on labor.
Have space for twenty more peeps?
You get three births a year for four years before the next homeless party of 12 shows up seeking shelter.
Plus, the benefit of several messages in between, letting you know, Oh, hey, you’re short on labor.
Hurry.
Because there is now a whole list of things you’re going to need, to make, to acquire, to sustain supply of…
Because of poop.
Noted: Advancement by Attrition has its benefits.
One doesn’t have to stab anyone else in the back to walk over them, if they fall by the wayside of their own accord.