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minus-square11111one11111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 day agoContaminating what? My septic tank that gets emptied every 10 years?
minus-squareswampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoWhere do you think the truck that empties your tank goes?
minus-square11111one11111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoNo clue. Guess thats what im asking.
minus-squareswampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThey haul it and dispose of it in the sewer.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoIt goes with the water that leaves your septic tank. A septic tank is only meant to separate the water from oils and sludge.
minus-square11111one11111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoReally? So all my piss goes right thru and into my yard? If it filters out and stores solids wouldn’t it also catch the microplastics too?
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoDepends on where you live. Mine goes trough the septic tank towards the sewer. A lot of houses also just go directly to the sewers. And no, many microplastics are too lightweight to settle with the solids.
Contaminating what? My septic tank that gets emptied every 10 years?
Where do you think the truck that empties your tank goes?
No clue. Guess thats what im asking.
They haul it and dispose of it in the sewer.
It goes with the water that leaves your septic tank.
A septic tank is only meant to separate the water from oils and sludge.
Really? So all my piss goes right thru and into my yard? If it filters out and stores solids wouldn’t it also catch the microplastics too?
Depends on where you live. Mine goes trough the septic tank towards the sewer. A lot of houses also just go directly to the sewers.
And no, many microplastics are too lightweight to settle with the solids.