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How much water does your toilet use? How do toilets even work? Where does all that water and waste go after you flush it down? What is the environmental impact of all that flushing?
In this online clip from Stuff Happens, Bill Nye takes the mystery out of the issue by explaining exactly how our toilets work and what happens when we use them. Once we have an understanding of their operation, it becomes clear that the impact is large and that something must be done, both in our towns and in our bathrooms, to ease the strain.
There are many possible answers to this difficult problem, but one stands out: a futuristic, composting, toilet that uses less than half a liter of water per flush. But what does it take to turn human waste into benign compost?
Bill Nye explains all when he takes a close look at the bathroom and toilets in this online clip from Stuff Happens.
For more information about what happens in your bathroom, check out the Stuff Happens Episode: Bathroom.
