Why do toilets in most places stink?



Answers:
Because people dont flush, and the sewage builds up a biofilm on the rim and bowl, so that it puts out an offensive odor as it decays.

Also the mercaptains and other chemicals associated with Sewage, such as hydrogen sulfides also tend to get rank...

If they keep it clean, and maybe put those chlorine tablets in the tanks, then you wont have such a smell... As chlorine kills odors and bacterias that cause them.

Jesse
Ohio ClassIII Waste Water Plant Operator
(Recently Retired) 27 years experience

I wish you well...

Jesse

Other answers:
cause people use them
cause people use them
they may not be getting cleaned properly most places surface clean them but dont clean around them then bottoms of them or by the screws...
YOu need to clean the whole thing ..
Dumping bleach in them helps to...
they need to clean the whole toilet inside and out and around.....
Toilets stink?! Quick someone call Ripley's 0_o I'm sure they want to hear about this!@_@
Because people take big craps in them and pee around the seat and stall.
Because people poop and pee. Also, workers don't clean it up such as in Burger King.
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