Why do people put used toilet paper in the garbage instead of flushing it?

I encounter this sometimes in the customer bathroom at work. Why do this? I guess I can understand it in a place that's known for poor plumbing, but this is a public bathroom with a powerful flushing toilet. I've never seen it clogged in the time I've worked here. Why do some people do this? It's nasty 🤢

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SW-User

This is highly common in China. The plumbing can't handle the paper. In all of the stalls are tiny buckets to toss in the paper - if paper is used. They're getting more Western, but the more rural or older you go, the higher the chance of seeing baskets for paper.