Here’s What Happens To Your Poop In An Airplane Toilet This must be a topic you haven’t given much thought about – how does the toilet on a modern aircraft work? What does the built-in system do with your waste, once you are done going for a number two? In this article, this complicated system of waste management is going to be explained, alongside a few bonus bits of information that is going to expand your knowledge of how a modern airliner works. Let’s begin with the photos. There are some people who worry about going for a number two on an airliner. This is because they fear that their waste is going to “drop” somewhere on the ground. The good news is that that’s not at all how the waste management system works. You May Be Wondering Where the Poop Goes You may be wondering, just how does the airplane’s system and plumbing works, and where does the poop go. To simplify the explanation, the poop goes from your belly, into the airplane’s belly. After that is where ...