When the pedal is depressed, the rear half of the bowl swings back, allowing its contents to drop into the incineration chamber.

When the unit is "flushed" - it does not need a water supply - doors in the bottom of the bowl open, dropping the liner into the incineration chamber, where it is ultimately reduced to about a tablespoon of clean ash.

In 1997, he sees to it that the '90s Dr. Evil is thawed out, but he is dumped into an incineration chamber after Dr. Evil learns that the cryogenic freezing process has left Mr. Bigglesworth completely furless.