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How common is it for Americans to use the setup in pic related for their bathrooms?

I went to visit some relatives in Iowa, and got to stay at their house. They lived in a pretty small city and had to do this because of something that had to do with their city sewage treatment.

Essentially you had to throw the used toilet paper in a separate bin and then also scoop the biggest turds back up and put them in yet another separate bin.

I've experienced the TP thing in hotels like Cyprus, Spain and Greece but the scoop thing came as a complete shock and I thought they were joking.

Could some American shed some light on this? How prevalent is it?

Thanks.