The flush mech or flapper is faulty or your handle needs to be adjusted.
anticlockwise. (All toilets in the Northern Hemisphere flush clockwise, all toilets in Southern Hemisphere flush anticlockwise.)
low flush toilets use less water.
Dual flush toilets usually use 3 and 6 liters of water depending on which way you push the flush handle - 3 liters for a little job and 6 liters for a major event. Single low-flush toilets use either 4.5 liters or 6 liters.
Yes
Linkage going to flapper is sticking or needs adjusted. Nut holding flush handle to tank may need tightened or replaced. Pressure assisted toilet needs more force on handle to flush.
No
pit toilets, composting toilets, pour-flush latrine, cistern-flush toilet, bucket latrine
Usually, but only a very minimal amount of water or solution. The holding tanks have limits on what they can hold before spilling over.
walk up to it and pull the handle down. other toilets you walk up to and push a button and others you pull a chain down
It depends on what type of flush you use. Old style single flush toilets use around 11 litres of water per flush, older dual flush toilets use 4.5 or 9 litres per flush, while modern water efficient dual flush toilets use 3 or 6 litres per flush.
Toilets to flush clockwise in the north. However, it is not due to the rotation of the earth as many people believe. It is because of the way water is jetted into them.
Yes, but not in the way we think of flushing toilets. In private houses, a bucket or two of water was used to flush away the waste and prevent odor. In the public toilets latrines, there was a stream of running water beneath the seats to flush away waste.