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What happens to your waste after you flush? Here's how

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About 50% of biosolids produced in the US are used for agriculture to grow products for animal feed.

In rural areas, it travels to a septic tank where the water leeches out and the sludge is removed to be treated.

Elsewhere, the water is treated through an intensive process before being discharged into local bodies of water.

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