where does all our poo go after it gets down the drain? where does all our toiet paper go after it's in the garbage truck? where does all of the recyclable waste go? where does our of our not recyclable stuff go?
2007-01-24 16:01:15 · 10 answers · asked by Susy D 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Depends on where you live.
In the cities there sewers and they have pumping stations to a processing plant where they do many things depending on the setup. It can be recycled into dirt or other things.
If you live in a Rural area you have a Septic Tank with Field lines. The solid goes into the tank and excess water go into the field lines and is absorbed into the ground. If, the tank work properly it lasts many years and then you may have a Truck come and it suck out the solid wastes and takes it to the city processing plant.
Just for trivia; many years ago people used an "Outhouse". It was a hole in the ground and the little house sit over the hole and you had a hole for everything to go. Very smelly but that all they had. When the hole filled up to a certain point they would dig another hole, move the little house and fill in the full hole. Actually the outhouse is still used in some parts of the country. Yuck! But, State Health Departments are slowly getting these closed down.
2007-01-24 16:12:59 · answer #1 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poo probably goes into the sewage tank (under your lawn if you have one). After a few decades (I think), the tank gets full and someone comes to pump all the poo out. Anything non-recyclable does to the landfill, affectionately known as Mt. Trashmore. The recyclable waste goes to the recycling plant, where it's degraded into usable material. Don't know more than that off the top of my head.
2007-01-24 16:09:46 · answer #2 · answered by joie_du_cor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where do you live to where your parents allow you to throw your TOILET PAPER in the garbage?
What, you wipe your hinnie and then put the used paper in the TRASH?
I have news for ya, it goes to where the POO goes.
And at the SAME TIME.
Well maybe not at your house, that's for sure.
Good place for a Stick-UP if you ask me!
Don't tell me you keep the trash can under the sink in the kitchen either.
John
2007-01-27 18:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by JRC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't you watch dirty jobs? j/k i think he's done a show on all that stuff. poo goes to the sewer, toilet paper goes to the sewer as well since it is being flushed along w/ the poo. recycalbles go to certain factories where they separate plastics, paper, metal, etc. i don't remember what happens after its all separated. trash goes to the land fills where they can make composte, i think.
2007-01-24 16:11:43 · answer #4 · answered by chamae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all ends up going into the ground. Recycled stuff is sometimes, but not always actually recycled.
Non-recylable stuff goes into the ground (landfills) as well.
2007-01-24 16:10:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your town's waste treatment plant and they'll show you! seriously, they'll give you a tour and explain the whole process...essentially, the "poo" gets turned into fertilizer in the end.
2007-01-24 16:10:22 · answer #6 · answered by moondancer629 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poo goes thru the toilet then to the ocean
2007-01-24 20:22:32 · answer #7 · answered by SURVEY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A secret pipe travels from the sewerage pipes to your hair and rubs it in your hair
2015-07-27 20:07:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Out to sea, Susy, out to sea.
2007-01-24 16:09:01 · answer #9 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's treated..the sent back to you to drink. , really.
2007-01-24 22:10:59 · answer #10 · answered by jimmy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋